Android Custom inputs having same IDs - android

I've built a custom editText component by extending LinearLayout and aligning a textview and an editText. I reuse them for building multiple input programmatically.
<merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_input_label"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/very_small_margin"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Body1"
android:textColor="#color/input_label_color" />
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/text_input_edit"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="46dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/small_margin"
android:drawablePadding="#dimen/small_margin"
android:background="#drawable/custom_input_bg"
android:paddingStart="#dimen/default_margin"
android:paddingEnd="#dimen/small_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/small_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/small_margin"/>
</merge>
The problem is that with this way of rendering inputs, I endup with editText sharing the same ID and when I leave the fragment containing them and I come back, the editText all has the same values. Even setting their ID to random int does not work.
What can I do to ?
Thanks for any kind of advice or help.

I have defined the id to View.NO_ID
And it seems that the problem is now solved.

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I read its source code, and its function of rearranging elements seems to be achieved by the ConstraintHelper.setReferencedIds(int[] ids) on line 168. But when I try the following code, it does not work:
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