Same-named attributes in attrs.xml for custom view

Question

I\'m writing a few custom views which share some same-named attributes. In their respective section in attrs.xml I\'d lik

Answer 1

As Priya Singhal answered, Android Studio requires the common attribute names to be defined within their own style name. They can't be at the root any more.

However, there are a couple other things to note (which is why I am also adding an answer):

• The common styles don't need to be named the same thing as a view. (Thanks to this answer for pointing that out.)
• You don't need to use inheritance with a parent.

Example

Here is what I did in a recent project that has two custom views that both share the same attributes. As long as the custom views still have the names for the attributes and don't include a format, I can still access them as normal from code.

Streamlined example

In fact, I don't even need to put the attributes under a custom name. As long as I define them (give them a format) for at least one custom view, I can use them anywhere (without the format). So this also works (and looks cleaner):

For a large project, though, this could get messy and defining them at the top in a single location might be better (as recommended here).