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

Another way to do this is:

// inflate the layout
View myLayout = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.MY_LAYOUT,null);

// load the text view
TextView myView = (TextView) myLayout.findViewById(R.id.MY_VIEW);