How to inflate new copies of an ImageView object on a layout?

Question

What I am trying to do is create N (in this case 9) copies of the ImageView object R.id.tile, place each of them at different coordinates on the layout, and give each its own unique identifier.

board_layout.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/backgroundcolor"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/topbar"
        ... >

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/imagebutton"
            ... />

    </LinearLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/board"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="345dp"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:background="@drawable/wwfboard" >

        <view class="languid.legend.xsolver.DrawView"
            android:id="@+id/myView"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/tile"
            android:layout_width="21dp"
            android:layout_height="21dp"
            android:src="@drawable/tile" />
    </RelativeLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

BoardLayout.class:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstance)
{   super.onCreate(savedInstance);
    setContentView(R.layout.board_layout);
    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View[] tiles = new ImageView[9];
    entire_layout = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.layout.board_layout);


    for(int i = 0; i<tiles.length; i++){
        tiles[i] = (ImageView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.board_layout, null);
        tiles[i].setId(1000+i);
        params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(-1, 345);
        params.leftMargin = 32*2*i;
        params.topMargin = 34*2*i;
        entire_layout.addView(tiles[i]);
    }
    ...

However, I keep getting "Source not found" errors on the last line: layout.addView(tiles[i]);..

Any ideas why?

(Side question: is RelativeLayout better than AbsoluteLayout if you're working with coordinates?)

Answer 1

Edit:

First create a layout with one ImageView with the properties you like

Example:

create file in res/layout/singleimage.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           android:id="@+id/image2"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="match_parent"
           android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"
           android:contentDescription="Sample"/>

And then inflate the ImageView to get the copies of it like this

View[] tiles = new ImageView[9];
// get reference to LayoutInflater
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

for(int i = 0; i<tiles.length; i++) {
    //Creating copy of imageview by inflating it
    ImageView image = (ImageView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.singleimage, null);
    tiles[i] = image;
    tiles[i].setId(i);
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(-1, 345);
    params.leftMargin = 32*2*3;
    params.topMargin = 34*2*3;
    layout.addView(tiles[i]);
}

---

You have set id to i value here

tiles[i].setId(i);  

But you are (incorrectly) trying to get it from your other resource (the one you wanted to 'clone'):

layout.addView(tiles[i] = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.tile)); // INCORRECT

Instead, set the id manually as above, and then:

layout.addView(tiles[i]);

And there is no need to call findViewById()