Android Question Duplicating Custom Control Instance

[epiCode]

If I duplicate a custom control in code as follows:

dim newcontrol1 as ccontrol
newcontrol1 = existingccontrol1

It copies all the parameters and initializes the newcontrol1

Does it also attach the newcontrol1 to same parent as existingccontrol1 ?

 

[Erel]

It doesn't do anything except of making the variable newcontrol1 point to the same object.

 

[epiCode]

It doesn't do anything except of making the variable newcontrol1 point to the same object.

Is it possible to have another independent instance of it ?

 

[agraham]

Is it possible to have another independent instance of it ?

I'm not sure what you mean by an 'independent instance'. When you Dim an object you get a new instance of it. If you want a clone of an existing object then you will have to copy, and maybe deep copy, the salient properties to the new instance.

 

[Erel]

You cannot "duplicate" a control automatically. You can create a method in your class that extracts the existing properties and creates a new control based on these properties.

It doesn't sound like you are going in the best route...