Restoring view hierarchy from saved state does not restore views added programmatically

Question

I am attempting to save and restore a view hierarchy consisting of a table of buttons. The number of table rows and buttons required in the table is not known until runtime

Answer 1

If it works with Views with an ID, why not give each button an ID in the table when you are creating them? See if that works.

How can I assign an ID to a view programmatically?