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how to add linearlayout inside of linearlayout when application running

I want to know, there is a linearlayout and use that with setContentView function. Also there is a spinner inside of linearlayout. What I want to do is, create a new layout inside of /res/layout folder and add it into layout that I set with setContentView.
Is there anyway or I need to do that programmatically?
EDIT:
I think I couldn't tell.
I have 2 two layouts(ready). I use the first layout with setContentView.For example, there is a buton and if user click that button, I want to add second layout bottom of first layout when application running.

Easiest you do that with include in the xml of your main layout
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<include layout="#layout/second" />
</LinearLayout>
It´s also possible to do it programmatically, but this way I think it is more clear.
Edit:
To do this programmatically, put this code in listener of the first button.
RelativeLayout view = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.RelativeLayout1);
Button b = new Button(getApplicationContext());
b.setText("Click me too!");
view.addView(b);
Instead of creating a button (or whatever you want) you can also inflate a premade layout.
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.second, null);
view.addView(v);

I don't think you can change the res folder programmatically. You need to add any layout programmatically only.
Edited:
Get the 2nd layout's instance using findViewById and use setVisibility method to control the layout's visibility.

display view on top of action bar

Is there a way to render a view on top of the action bar? I want to create a small tip box that will point the user to an item in the action bar. I know that a Toast with a set view will be rendered above the action bar. Does anyone know how to do this with a view?
I have attempted using FrameLayout with layout_gravity="top" and inflating a view and then adding it to the running activity's layout.
I appreciate you in advance.
Edit:
Here is an image of what I was thinking:
Edit:
Perhaps some more detail is needed. I am looking for a way, or to find out if it is even possible to add a view to the view hierarchy of the activity so that it is rendered last.
Similar to CSS, I want a higher z-index order for this particular view ( the blue floating box in the image), such that it would be rendered on top of the Action Bar region in the activity. The view is in no way associated with Action Bar, it is simply drawn on top of it.

I was trying to achieve something else but I needed a solution similar to this. I needed to draw an opaque layer covering the whole screen, even the action bar--sort of like a dialog. I did so this way:
ViewGroup vg = (ViewGroup)(getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView());
vg.addView(myNewView, params);
this can be used to draw anything anywhere on the screen.
UPDATE: You really shouldn't be using ActionBar anymore, you wouldn't have this issue in the first place if you were using Toolbar like Android recommends. Toolbar would go inside your activity xml like a regular view and you can can do whatever you want to it. And its fully backwards compatible.
https://developer.android.com/training/appbar/setting-up

After struggling with it myself quite some time, here's the solution (tested it - working good):
The general steps are:
Create a wrapper view
Detach the screen view children, place the wrapper, and attach the children
Inflate the content to the children
Controling the wrapper will help you control exactly the action bar and the content below it all together.
Now, using the wrapper, you can add "brothers" to the actionbar/main area. That brother is exactly what you described in your image.
Let's see some code.
First, create a method to help create a wrapper view. the wrapper will be placed between the entire screen and the content of your app. being a ViewGroup you can later on fully control it's content.
private ViewGroup setContentViewWithWrapper(int resContent) {
ViewGroup decorView = (ViewGroup) this.getWindow().getDecorView();
ViewGroup decorChild = (ViewGroup) decorView.getChildAt(0);
// Removing decorChild, we'll add it back soon
decorView.removeAllViews();
ViewGroup wrapperView = new FrameLayout(this);
// You should set some ID, if you'll want to reference this wrapper in that manner later
//
// The ID, such as "R.id.ACTIVITY_LAYOUT_WRAPPER" can be set at a resource file, such as:
// <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
// <item type="id" name="ACTIVITY_LAYOUT_WRAPPER"/>
// </resources>
//
wrapperView.setId(R.id.ACTIVITY_LAYOUT_WRAPPER);
// Now we are rebuilding the DecorView, but this time we
// have our wrapper view to stand between the real content and the decor
decorView.addView(wrapperView, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
wrapperView.addView(decorChild, decorChild.getLayoutParams());
LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(getActivityLayout(),
(ViewGroup)((LinearLayout)wrapperView.getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(1), true);
return wrapperView;
}
Now, interfere with the regular Activity creation, and instead of using setContentView, use the method we've created.
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// DON'T CALL `setContentView`,
// we are replacing that line with this code:
ViewGroup wrapperView = setContentViewWithWrapper(R.layout.activity_layout);
// Now, because the wrapper view contains the entire screen (including the notification bar
// which is above the ActionBar) I think you'll find it useful to know the exact Y where the
// action bar is located.
// You can use something like that:
ViewGroup actionBar = (ViewGroup)((LinearLayout)wrapperView.getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0);
int topOffset = actionBar.getTop();
// Now, if you'll want to add a view:
// 1. Create new view
// 2. Set padding top - use "topOffset"
// 3. Add the view to "wrapperView"
// 4. The view should be set at front. if not - try calling to "bringToFront()"
}
That's about it.
Notes
I've used Android's hierarchy-viewer to understand what's the right hierarchy. (didn't guess those 0 and 1 indexes)
If you are using some kind of a menu drawer in your activity, you might have to configure it a little bit different since drawers are already creating that wrapper for you
I've learned a lot by looking at this great library
EDIT: Refer to #CristopherOyarzúnAltamirano Answer for further support on newer Android versions
Good luck!

There is a much simpler way to achieve this. ActionBar holds its layout in the class ActionBarContainer which simply inherits from FrameLayout. So in order to display something over the ActionBar you need to grab a reference to the ActionBarContainer and add your own custom View into it. Here is the code
int abContainerViewID = getResources().getIdentifier("action_bar_container", "id", "android");
FrameLayout actionBarContainer = (FrameLayout)findViewById(abContainerViewID);
LayoutInflater myinflater = getLayoutInflater();
View customView = myinflater.inflate(R.layout.yourCustomeViewLayout, null);
actionBarContainer.addView(customView);

I found this workaround based on #Sean answer:
//This is for Jelly, ICS, Honeycomb
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2){
LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(resContent, (ViewGroup)((LinearLayout)wrapperView.getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(1), true);}
//This is for KitKat and Jelly 4.3
else if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2){
LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(resContent, (ViewGroup) (((ViewGroup) wrapperView.getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0)), true);}
//This is for Ginger
else{
LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(resContent, (ViewGroup) ((LinearLayout)((FrameLayout) wrapperView.getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(1), true);}

I found a much simpler way to do this.
I just applied android:translationZ="10dp" to the view which I need to be covering the action bar.
I chose 10dp but it can actually be anything you want as long as it is superior to the actionbar's elevation
<ImageView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:translationZ="10dp"
android:src="#drawable/potatoe" />
Also, don't worry about Android studio's following warning :
"translationZ can't be used with API<21".
It will be ignored, but you don't really care because the toolbar shouldn't cover your view with APIs inferior to 21.

Try using ActionBar.setCustomView(). That's the only way to change the appearance of that area of the screen. You can't stick a View into the area "above" the ActionBar, because that area is basically controlled by the system. On the other hand, you can provide your own layout for it.
If you explain in more detail what you're trying to do, respondents might have some better design ideas.

https://github.com/michaelye/EasyDialogDemo
see the demo above,it may help you
dialog.setLocation(new location[])//point in screen
you could set the location[] yourself.

Use the android:actionLayout in your menu.xml file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/menu_id"
android:title="#string/menu_string_to_show"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_icon_name"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:actionLayout="#layout/action_button_foo" /></menu>
Then create your action_button_foo.xml layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/menu_string_to_show"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_menu_icon_name"
android:background="#drawable/bg_btn_action_bar"
android:clickable="true" />
To handle click do the following:
#Overridepublic boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
final MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_id);
item.getActionView().setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
});
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);}
That's if :)

(Reference: http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidActionBar/article.html)Custom Views in the ActionBar
You can also add a custom View to the ActionBar. For this you use the setCustomView method for the ActionView class. You also have to enable the display of custom views via the setDisplayOptions() method by passing in the ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM flag.
For example you can define a layout file which contains a EditText element.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EditText xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/searchfield"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:inputType="textFilter" >
This layout can be assigned to the ActionBar via the following code. The example code allow attaches a listener to the custom view.
package com.vogella.android.actionbar.customviews;
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.TextView.OnEditorActionListener;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
// add the custom view to the action bar
actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_view);
EditText search = (EditText) actionBar.getCustomView().findViewById(R.id.searchfield);
search.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId,
KeyEvent event) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Search triggered",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return false;
}
});
actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM
| ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME);
}
}

The explanations here are all too long:
Wrap your main layout file into a top level ViewGroup (e.g. wrap a CoordinatorLayout into a FrameLayout), then inject or declare the view in the new top level layout out. The view will appear above the action bar.

Change visibility button from titlebar programmatically?

I have a problem button visibility. I have 2 button from titlebar.One of them edit, one of them done. First I want to see just edit button and when i clicked edit button, edit button visibility will be false and done button visibility true.
I get their id from xml and when i click one of them i want to change visibility but edit.setVisibility(); it doesnt work.What is wrong?I can see edit button.I want to change buton visibility programmatically.
Can anybody have any idea?
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
final boolean customTitle = requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
edit=(Button)findViewById(R.id.edit);
done=(Button)findViewById(R.id.done);
edit.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE,R.layout.main);
if ( customTitle ) {
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE,R.layout.main);
}
main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<Button android:id="#+id/edit"
android:layout_width="57px"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="edit"/>
<Button android:id="#+id/done"
android:layout_width="57px"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="done"/>
</LinearLayout>

First, you're missing the android:orientation parameter in your LinearLayout.
Second, if you want to change between edit and done you can do this:
edit.setVisibility(View.GONE);
done.setVisibiluty(View.VISIBLE);
and the opposite to change to edit button again.. With View.INVISIBLE the button will not show but still use the space where it was.

The problem is that setFeatureInt just sets the resource ID for the title, which will cause a new inflation of the layout resource, which will be placed in a system FrameLayout called id/title_container. This can be inspected using the Hierarchy Viewer in eclipse.
Essentially, you end up with two instances of the main layout. One set as the content view (below the title) and the other set as the title. When you call findViewById, it will only look in the content view for any views matching the ID. This means that the edit and done buttons you retrieve are the ones in the content view.
If you want to access the buttons in the title area, you can use
View v = getWindow().getDecorView();
edit=(Button)v.findViewById(R.id.edit);
done=(Button)v.findViewById(R.id.done);
edit.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
This will search through the whole view structure of the window, not just the content view, thus solving your problem.

ProgressBar in an ActionBar, like GMail app with Refresh

I would like to do the same thing than the GMail application on Honeycomb tablets.
When you click on the Refresh button, the icon is replaced by a ProgressBar.
How can I do this?
Thanks

Ok, I tried what Cailean suggested but it didn't work for me. Every time I want to revert indeterminate progress to the original button it becomes unclickable, I used this layout for the progress
(actionbar_refresh_progress.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ProgressBar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="32dp"
android:layout_height="32dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
and this one to revert to the button
(actionbar_refresh_button.xml)
<ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:src="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh_holo_light"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"/>
my code was:
private void setRefreshing(boolean refreshing) {
this.refreshing = refreshing;
if(refreshMenuItem == null) return;
View refreshView;
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)getActionBar().getThemedContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
if(refreshing)
refreshView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.actionbar_refresh_progress, null);
else
refreshView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.actionbar_refresh_button, null);
refreshMenuItem.setActionView(refreshView);
}
After browsing the source of the Google IO app, especially this file: http://code.google.com/p/iosched/source/browse/android/src/com/google/android/apps/iosched/ui/HomeActivity.java i found another easier way.
Now I need only the first layout with progress and the working method looks like this:
private void setRefreshing(boolean refreshing) {
this.refreshing = refreshing;
if(refreshMenuItem == null) return;
if(refreshing)
refreshMenuItem.setActionView(R.layout.actionbar_refresh_progress);
else
refreshMenuItem.setActionView(null);
}
Menu item definition:
<item android:id="#+id/mail_refresh"
android:title="Refresh"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh_holo_light"
android:showAsAction="always"/>
I hope someone finds this useful.

Gmail does this using an action view for its "refresh in progress" state. Invoking a refresh is done using the standard action button/onMenuItemSelected path.
When you enter your refreshing state, set the action view of the refresh MenuItem to a ProgressBar. (Create it programmatically, inflate it from a layout, use actionLayout in the menu xml as CommonsWare suggests, whatever you prefer.) When you exit your refreshing state, set the action view back to null while keeping a reference to it so you can set it back again the next time you refresh. You can hang onto a reference to the MenuItem after you inflate the menu and changes to it later will be reflected in the action bar.
This approach has some advantages over using a full-time action view and managing other details of the state change yourself. An action view completely replaces the generated action button for a menu item, effectively blocking the user from being able to send the usual onMenuItemSelected events for refresh while a refresh is already in progress. One less thing to handle and the action view can stay completely non-interactive.
You could probably do something clever with an ActionProvider in API 14+ to encapsulate the whole process a bit more but the above ends up being pretty simple.

Assuming that you already have your menu item setup, you'll need to start by creating two new layouts. One that contains the layout for the normal refresh button, and another that contains the progressbar.
Once you have them, call the following piece of code to switch between the two layouts. It'll be up to you to decide exactly when it needs to be called a second time in order to switch it back to the refresh icon.
private void doRefresh(Boolean refreshing, MenuItem menuItem)
{
View refreshView;
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getActionBar().getThemedContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
if(refreshing)
refreshView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.actionbar_indeterminate_progress, null);
else
refreshView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.refresh_icon, null);
menuItem.setActionView(refreshView);
}

Use the following layout as the action view for the action bar menu item.
actionbar_refresh_progress.xml
<FrameLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="#dimen/abc_action_button_min_width"
android:minWidth="#dimen/abc_action_button_min_width">
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="32dp"
android:layout_height="32dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
style="?indeterminateProgressStyle" />
</FrameLayout>
Then
menuItem.setActionView(R.layout.actionbar_refresh_progress);
Works across Gingerbread and the rest like a charm. Note that I have used dimension from support action bar for compatibility. You can use #dimen/action_button_min_width instead for ICS and up.
Source: https://code.google.com/p/iosched/source/browse/android/res/layout/actionbar_indeterminate_progress.xml?r=f4fd7504d43b25a75cc23b58d6f844f3553b48c3

How to go to next layout(not activity) when pressed button?

I want to create the instruction, so when user press the next button I want to set to the
next layout page. I tried setContentView(R.layout.aboutus); but it looks like to set the new
layout to particular page.
Layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#dddddd">
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center" android:background = "#drawable/aboutus"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
code :
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long lg) {
switch (position) {
case 4:
setContentView(R.layout.aboutus);
}
}
So, I want to know how to go to next layout without new activity and can be back to previous page. Thank you.

You should use a ViewFlipper.
Get a reference to the ViewFlipper:
ViewFlipper myViewFlipper = (ViewFlipper) findViewById(R.id.my_viewFlipper);
You then inflate each page as a view:
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View view = inflater.inflate(R.your_layout_id, null);
And then add it to the ViewFlipper:
myViewFlipper.addView( view );
Then when the user hits the button for next page you call this method:
myViewFlipper.showNext();
Or if you want the previous page:
myViewFlipper.showPrevious();

Use a ViewSwitcher or ViewFlipper.

You can try to place the same page in your layout and set all it's component to have Visibility.GONE set, and when you press the button, to set all your visible widgets to GONE and others to Visible. Or you can try a dynamically inflate procedure ( to inflate your views ) since you can use separate layout to inflate views.
Check this for more information about inflate
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/LayoutInflater.html

May be you could do this:
If you have two different layouts and one wanna each one at one time.
First get the id's of each layout by findviewbyid method.
then use
firstlayout.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE).
secondlayout.setVisibility(View.GONE);
for showing first layout.
When you press button, in its click listener make
firstlayout.setVisibility(View.GONE).
secondlayout.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
it works but the layouts should be seperate.
Hope it helps.