How to inflate view inside fragment

Question

If I try to inflate a view within a fragment I am getting NULL.. For example:

public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                 


        

Answer 1

Declare the variable as a instance variable and then initialize Linear Layout

LinearLayout linearLayout;

public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment1, container, false);
    linearLayout = (LinearLayout) rootView.findViewById(R.id.linearlayout);
    return rootView;
}

Then

public void addPlaces() {
    Button button = new Button(getActivity());
    // needs activity context
    // fragment hosted by a activity. use getActivity() to get the context of the hosting activity. 
    button.setText("button name");
    linearlayout.addView(button);
}

Example: Modify the below according to your requirement.

fragment1.xml

Myfragment.java

public class Myfragment extends Fragment {

    LinearLayout linearLayout;
    View rootView;

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
        Button b = (Button) rootView.findViewById(R.id.button1);
        b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                addPlaces();
            }

        });
        linearLayout = (LinearLayout) rootView.findViewById(R.id.linearlayout);
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment1, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }

    public void addPlaces() {
        Button button = new Button(getActivity()); // needs activity context
        button.setText("button name");
        linearLayout.addView(button);
    }
}

Snap shot of my emulator

Edit :

activity-main.xml

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
    Button b;
    Myfragment fragment;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
        FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
        fragment = new Myfragment();
        fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.frag, fragment);
        fragmentTransaction.commit();
        b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                fragment.addPlaces();
            }

        });
    }
}

Myfragment.java

public class Myfragment extends Fragment {

    LinearLayout linearLayout;
    View rootView;

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
        linearLayout = (LinearLayout) rootView.findViewById(R.id.linearlayout);
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment1, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }

    public void addPlaces() {
        Button button = new Button(getActivity()); // needs activity context
        button.setText("button name");
        linearLayout.addView(button);
    }
}