Android Question Reference different instances of the same layout.

[Tom_707]

When I load multiple instances of the same layout, and I refer to a layout View by name, all references are relative to the layout instance that was loaded last.
How can I refer to Views by name in other instances of the layout. For example:

'Layout1 contains a label View called lblLabel

Panel1.Loadlayout("Layout1")
Panel2.Loadlayout("Layout1")

lblLabel.Text = "Some text"

This will change the Text property of the label located in the second instance of Layout1, ie. lblLabel of Panel2.
How do I change the Text property of the label in the first instance of Layout1, ie. lblLabel of Panel1?

I will be referencing many Views and I don't want to use Panel.GetView(x). Is there some way to change between layouts, or some method to access Views by name, in other instances of the layout?

 

[Erel]

All kinds of ways to do it.

Two examples:
1. You can access the views by their index:

Panel1.GetView(x).Text = "some text" ''Panel1 type should be B4XView

2. You can create a Map with the views:

Panel1.LoadLayout("Layout1")
Panel1.Tag = CreateMapOfViews

Panel2.LoadLayout("Layout1")
Panel2.Tag = CreateMapOfViews

Dim m As Map = Panel2.Tag
Dim lbl As B4XView = m.Get("lblLabel")

Sub CreateMapOfViews As Map
 Return CreateMap("lblLabel": lblLabel, ...)
End Sub

 

[Tom_707]

Thanks Erel.
As I wrote above, I don't want to use the Panel1.GetView(x) method:

I will be referencing many Views and I don't want to use Panel.GetView(x).

Using maps is not a bad idea, but it's going to mean a lot of extra code. Do you have any other ways of doing this?

Is there a way to switch between entire layouts? So a reference to lblLabel.Text would point to the correct View in the desired layout, by making that layout 'active'.

 

[Erel]

3. Implement what ever you need, related to this layout, in a class and create multiple instances of this class.

 

[Tom_707]

I'll research this further to establish what's going to work the best.

Thanks for all the ideas Erel.