Android Question Index of a View.

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Tom_707

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Is it correct to assume that the index of a new View that's just been added, is the total number of Views + 1? As illustrated in the following example:

B4X: 
NoOfViews = Activity.GetAllViewsRecursive.Size     'is this syntax correct?
Activity.AddView(lblView, 0, 0, 100dip, 30dip)     'add a new View
lblView.Tag = NoOfViews        'will this be the correct index of the new View?
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Activity.GetView(lblView.Tag).Top = 100dip        'use the stored index to access the correct view
 
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klaus said:
Why don't you use simply:
B4X: 
lblVlew.Top  = 100dip
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My example is not clear enough. I will rewrite it.

But basically I want to get a View's index. Would my assumption above be correct, that a new View's index is the total number of Views + 1?
 
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Just to clarify.
I suggested
NoOfViews = Activity.NumberOfViews
because in the code example in post#1 the call was made before lblView was added to the Activity.
After adding, the index of lblView will, of course, be Activity.NumberOfViews - 1
 
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Thanks Klaus, thanks Erel.

Another question I have that's related to this is:
If Views don't have indexes, then what is the point of the Activity.GetView(index) method? What index are you supposed to use there?
 
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Tom_707 said:
If Views don't have indexes
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What do you mean by that? every view added to the activity has an index :
example if the activity has 2 labels the first label index is 1 and second label index is 2
example if the activity has 2 labels the first label index is 0 and second label index is 1

then what is the point of the Activity.GetView(index) method? What index are you supposed to use there?
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Depending on your needs the getview is used when you illiterate through the view and get a specific view for example :

B4A: 
For i = 0 To p.NumberOfViews -1
            If p.GetView(i) Is Label Then
                Dim lbl As Label
                lbl = p.GetView(i)
                lbl.Text = "changed every label text"
            End If
        Next

The above example is a loop through a panel that has label and every label text will be changed.

it all depends what your needs are.
 
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If you have a reference to a view then you don't need to use GetView.

GetView is useful when you don't have a reference to the view and you know the index because you created the layout.
For example:
B4X: 
CLV.GetPanel(10).GetView(3).Text = "abc"
Get item number 11 from the CLV. Get the label which is the 4th view from the item and update its Text property.
 
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sfsameer said:
What do you mean by that? every view added to the activity has an index :
example if the activity has 2 labels the first label index is 1 and second label index is 2
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Shouldn't that be, "if the activity has 2 labels the first label index is 0 and second label index is 1"?

I thought B4X does 0-based indexing.
 
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cklester said:
Shouldn't that be, "if the activity has 2 labels the first label index is 0 and second label index is 1"?

I thought B4X does 0-based indexing.
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exactly it is but it's a figure of speech because i didn't want to him to get confused
 
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sfsameer said:
What do you mean by that? every view added to the activity has an index :
example if the activity has 2 labels the first label index is 1 and second label index is 2
Click to expand...

If I use Activity.RemoveViewAt to delete the first label, what will be the index of the second label (ignoring 0-based indexing)? Will it go to 1, or stay at 2?
 
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klaus said:
This has become a long thread.
But, I still don't know why you want or need it?
What is the goal you want to achieve?
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My app has a dynamic layout, where Views are added or deleted constantly during run-time, based on various criteria.

I want to be able to access a View directly via its Tag or ID, and then work with it. I don't want to have to keep track of every time the layout changes. And finding a View by cycling through ALL Views, every single time I want to work on a View, seems so haphazard. As in the following code:
B4X: 
For Each v As View In Activity.GetAllViewsRecursive
   If v.Tag = 5 Then    'Using 5 as an example
      v.Width = 100dip
   End If
Next


Android has the following method:
Java: 
public final T findViewWithTag (Object tag)


So basically my question is this - is there any way to achieve something like this in B4X:
B4X: 
Private v As View
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v = Activity.FindViewWithTag(5)
v.Width = 100dip
 
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