Android: get Viewgroup from the view?

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user2532233 picture user2532233 · Jul 19, 2013 · Viewed 36k times · Source

Is there any way to get the ViewGroup from a view? I'm trying to create a custom array adapter and it needs the viewgroup

Answer

Scott picture Scott · Jul 19, 2013

Depending on which ViewGroup you are after, you can get the parent of your view and cast it to a ViewGroup:

(ViewGroup)view.getParent() // this can be done to get any level in your view hierarchy

or you can cast the view itself as a ViewGroup:

(ViewGroup)view

Basically, find the view you want in your view hierarchy and cast it to ViewGroup

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