Android - Create Custom View

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I want to create a custom view a thing like a power switch ( a switch that switches between ON and OFF). When I have started to implement it I faced 3 constructors for View class:

public CusatomView(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

public CustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

public CustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}

Now my question is: Which one of these constructors I should complete it to retrieve my own XML attribute (for instance: textOn and textOff)?
And what is the role of each?

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– Raghunandan, Commented Dec 14, 2013 at 6:58

Abhishek Shukla · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-14 06:56:05Z

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Ideally, you should do your stuff in a separate method and call this from all three constructors, because you never know which of the constructor will be called. Here are the roles:

CusatomView(Context context) creates a new view with no attributes initialized.
CustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) is invoked when you set attributes like layout_height or layout_width in your layout.xml
CustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) is used when you set styles to your view.

answered Dec 14, 2013 at 6:56

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vipul mittal · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-14 07:08:49Z

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You should create another funciton init and call it in all.

public CusatomView(Context context) {
    super(context);
    init();
}

public CustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    init();
}

public CustomView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    init();
}

The thing is any of this constructors can be used to instantiate your custom view. As in when you create a view in java code you just provide context and when it is created from xml attrs is also supplied.

answered Dec 14, 2013 at 7:08

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