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Automatically Generating java code for xml layout in Eclipse

I have got an idea to get rid of some coding when we do initializion of views.
When we create an xml layout in android. At that movement same name class is created with UpperCase Letters with a dialogue with permission. And as i created views with ids. It should create Views and initialize them automatically.
for e.g
close.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"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/closeBtn"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/close_img" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/closeText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Testing Text" />
</LinearLayout>
And automatically generated java code should be.
public class Close extends Activity
{
TextView CloseText;
Button CloseBtn;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
CloseText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.closeText);
CloseBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.closeBtn);
}
}
I can read xml and do the other stuff as I explained. But how could i add this module to eclipse and How could i create a service which work in Background all the time in eclipse.
Suggest me how to add this module(Plugin) to eclipse and i am going to use JAXB to generate Java Objects from XML document. Is there any better option.

Here in this website i find that just paste the xml and you will get your java code ready for activity class.
i had attached the link

button press in Android app creates casting error

I am new to android development, and have been trying to use the beginner's tutorial as my starting point for developing a simple app. There is one screen, with an image, a row of four buttons, a textbox for the user to enter a pin, and a textview to display results.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/linear_layout_1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:contentDescription="#string/image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/skytrek"
/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linear_layout_2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="#string/button_today"
android:onClick="today_click" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="#string/button_tomorrow"
android:onClick="tomorrow_click" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="#string/button_this_week"
android:onClick="this_week_click" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="#string/button_next_week"
android:onClick="next_week_click" />
</LinearLayout>
<EditText android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/edit_message" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/init_message"/>
</LinearLayout>
I have code to deliver the results I want based on the button pressed - all fine. But then I wanted the user to enter a PIN as well as pressing a button, so I added the EditText control. This threw the following error:
E/AndroidRuntime(28578): Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.TextView cannot be cast to android.widget.EditText
My Java class:
private String content = null;
private TextView textView1;
private EditText editText1;
public void today_click(View view) {
getPage("today");
}
public void tomorrow_click(View view) {
getPage("tomorrow");
}
public void this_week_click(View view) {
getPage("thisweek");
}
public void next_week_click(View view) {
getPage("nextweek");
}
public void getPage(String strParam) {
editText1 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
String message = editText1.getText().toString();
if (message.equals("4567")) {
content = "PIN recognised";
} else {
content = "PIN not recognised";
}
textView1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
textView1.setText(content);
}
I thought I had done something silly, using the name of a TextView instead of an EditText control, but I can't find it if I have.
The error is being thrown at the line
getPage("thisweek");
I didn't understand how this line involved views of any sort, but of course the function heading
this_week_click(View view)
does, and when I changed the order of the TextView and the EditText in the XML file (so that the TextView comes first), the error disappeared. It is as if the "view" being passed is not the button, but the nearest widget to the button. I have read
existence of parameter (View view)
but it only seems to confirm my (mis)understanding that a button should be passed as the view parameter. I have also tried cleaning the project, and building a completely new project. What on earth is causing the casting error?

If you're using Eclipse, go to the menu voice "Project" and select "Clean"
Sometimes Eclipse has some problem with ids, by cleaning the project you regenerate them..

Everytime if you make any changes in xml or any interchange of position of views in xml or change of id's,you need to clean build your project.If not you will get this exception.

Hello I have tested your code, your code is fine. Please clean your project from
select your project then click on Project and then Clean and also check the Build Automatically . Your auto generated class R is not generated properly.

Try cleaning your project and run it again..
Eclipse -> Project menu ->Clean
It is because eclipse gets confused when we play around in the xml file ;)

Android;Body of ProgressDialog?

I saw this source as layout of AlertDialog in res\layout folder of Android SDK:
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/body"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:baselineAligned="false"
android:paddingLeft="8dip"
android:paddingTop="10dip"
android:paddingRight="8dip"
android:paddingBottom="10dip">
<ProgressBar android:id="#android:id/progress"
style="#android:style/Widget.ProgressBar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:max="10000"
android:layout_marginRight="12dip" />
<TextView android:id="#+id/message"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
I tried to find TextView that it's id is "message" like this:
TextView tvMessage = (TextView)dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
It works fine.Then I tried to find LinearLayout that it's id is "body" like this:
LinearLayout body = (LinearLayout)dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.body);
But eclipse show this error:
body cannot be resolved or is not a field
This is snippet code:
ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(WriteOpinionActivity.this);
dialog.setMessage("some text");
dialog.show();
TextView tvMessage = (TextView)dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
LinearLayout body = (LinearLayout)dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.body);
Why this error occurs and how I can reach "body"?

Basically, not all resources are accessible to You from platforms res folder.
E.g. I'm able to find #+id/message in global_actions_item.xml, usb_storage_activity.xml, alert_dialog_holo.xml, js_prompt.xml, progress_dialog_holo.xml, progress_dialog.xml, alert_dialog.xml (for API 17), and so, there's no warranty that You get id which defined in progress_dialog.xml (it can be defined in another file and just because of the same name You is able to find it in progress dialog).
Actually, public resources are defined here, however, it looks quite outdated, so some resources might be missed. Checkout these questions about lists of all accessible resources: 1 and 2

Use this instead.
TextView tvMessage = (TextView)dialog.findViewById(R.id.message);
LinearLayout body = (LinearLayout)dialog.findViewById(R.id.body);
You weren't actually using android.R.id.message in the first place. #+id/message means you are creating a new id resource named message.
To use an id that exists in the Android framework, you can see here that you use #android:id/progress. And in source, you use it like you had it: android.R.id.progress.
Otherwise, use android:id="#=id/myIdentifier" in XML and
findViewById(R.id.myIdentifier) in code.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/overview.html

Using a layout with an activity

So I just started playing around with android and I'm trying to see what things I can do. I was following the very first android tutorial: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html and at the very end, you programmatically define a TextView. I wanted to change this to be defined in a new layout, so I wrote this (it is named display_message.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"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView android:id="#+id/text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
And in the DisplayMessage class, I changed it to this:
public class DisplayMessage extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.display_message);
// Get message from intent
Intent intent = getIntent();
String message = intent.getStringExtra(FirstActivity.EXTRA_MESSAGE);
// Get the text view
TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text_view);
textView.setText(message);
}
}
However, Eclipse says that it doesn't know what R.layout.display_message is, nor does it know what R.id.text_view is. Is there somewhere else I need to define them or something? Where did I mess up?

It seems correct but be sure that the R class imported is the correct one.
Sometimes Eclipse imports android.R but the R file you need to import is your.package.name.R

creating a countdowntimer

I've created a countdown timer that counts Days:Hrs:Mins:Sec. using regular text view and updating it using my handler works fine for me.
however I want to create a cool animation for the changing digits:
1st Q:
I have 2 options as I see it to draw the numbers:
1. using a home made font applied with a style
2. using a textview/btn with no text on them and applying a backrgound image using setBackgroundResource()
--what should I choose?
2nd Q:
I've created a wrapper for ViewFlipper(not extending it)
public class transitionair extends Activity {
SpecialFlipperWrapper m_thousand;
SpecialFlipperWrapper m_hundred;
SpecialFlipperWrapper m_tens;
SpecialFlipperWrapper m_ones;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
ViewFlipper flipper_Tsnds=(ViewFlipper)findViewById(R.id.yearThousand);
m_thousand = new SpecialFlipperWrapper(flipper_Tsnds, this, 9);
ViewFlipper flipper_Hndrds=(ViewFlipper)findViewById(R.id.yearHundread);
m_hundred = new SpecialFlipperWrapper(flipper_Hndrds, this, 9);
ViewFlipper flipper_Tns=(ViewFlipper)findViewById(R.id.yearTens);
m_tens = new SpecialFlipperWrapper(flipper_Tns, this, 9);
ViewFlipper flipper_Ons=(ViewFlipper)findViewById(R.id.yearOnes);
m_ones = new SpecialFlipperWrapper(flipper_Ons, this, 9);
m_thousand.startFlipping();
m_hundred.startFlipping();
m_tens.startFlipping();
m_ones.startFlipping();
}
}
however trying to fetch one of the latter views that come after the yearThousand id are retrieving null
XML I'm Using is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/yearThousand"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/yearHundread"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/yearTens"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/yearOnes"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
ps xml's for the animation itself are working so I left them out
Main questions is: can I make it better?
second question is: how?
third question is why is my layout returning null on the second call to it and how can I avoid it?
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