How to get an enum which is created in attrs.xml in code

Question

I created a custom View (find it here) with an declare-styleable attribute of type enum. In xml I can now choose one of the enum entries for my custom attribute. Now I want

Answer 1

Let me add a solution written in kotlin. Add inline extension function:

inline fun > TypedArray.getEnum(index: Int, default: T) =
    getInt(index, -1).let { if (it >= 0) enumValues()[it] else default 
}

Now getting enum is simple:

val a: TypedArray = obtainStyledAttributes(...)
val yourEnum: YourEnum = a.getEnum(R.styleable.YourView_someAttr, YourEnum.DEFAULT)
a.recycle()