Warning: This can be replaced with a tag

Question

I have a FrameLayout that contains a TextView and two LinearLayouts:

Answer 1

Are you using this as the main layout of your activity? If so, you can replace it with a merge tag like this:

    ... a textview and 2 linearlayouts

At setContentView, Android will take the children of the merge tag and directly insert them to the FrameLayout with @android:id/content. Examine both approaches (FrameLayout vs merge) with HierarachyViewer to see the difference.