findViewById in Fragment

Question

I am trying to create an ImageView in a Fragment which will refer to the ImageView element which I have created in the XML for the Fragment. However, the findViewById<

Answer 1

The method getView() wont work on fragments outside OnCreate and similar methods.

You have two ways, pass the view to the function on the oncreate (what means you can only run your functions when the view is being created) or set the view as a variable:

private View rootView;

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
    Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_contatos, container, false);
}

public void doSomething () {
    ImageView thumbnail = (ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.someId);
}