Custom view made of multiple views

Question

I have a set of views I want to always use together. An example of this may be something like:

Answer 1

This example is for a horizontal number picker widget, but it's the same concept.

First create the XML layout for your custom component

Then create the java class

public class HorizontalNumberPicker extends LinearLayout {
    public HorizontalNumberPicker(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
         LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
         inflater.inflate(R.layout.horizontal_number_picker, this);
     }
 }

Add whatever logic you need to that java class, then you can just include the custom component in your XML layout like so:

Check out this link for more information: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/custom-components.html#compound