Android: findviewbyid: finding view by id when view is not on the same layout invoked by setContentView

Question

I have an activity MyActivity that extends from MapActivity. In the .xml file containing the layout I can only include the MapView

Answer 1

try:

Activity parentActivity = this.getParent();
if (parentActivity != null)
{
    View landmarkEditNameView = (EditText) parentActivity.findViewById(R.id. landmark_name_dialog_edit);
}