Getting stackoverflow error while trying to inflate custom view

android, android-custom-view, android-inflate, stack-overflow

Solution

In your `custom_layout.xml` replace `<com.example.MyCustomLayout` with another layout(for example a `LinearLayout`):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

<!-- different views -->

</LinearLayout>

or even better use the `merge` tag(and set the `orientation` in the `MyCustomLayout` class). Right now when `Android` loads `my_activity.xml` it will find your custom `View` and it will instantiate it. When your custom view will be instantiated `Android` will inflate the `custom_layout` xml file in the `MyCustomLayout` constructor. When this happens it will once again find `<com.example.MyCustomLayout ...`(from the just inflated `custom_layout.xml`) which results in `MyCustomLayout` being instantiated again. This is a recursive call and it will finally throw the `StackOverflowError`.

Problem

I have custom_layout.xml: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <com.example.MyCustomLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" > <!-- different views --> </com.example.MyCustomLayout> ``` And its class: ``` public class MyCustomLayout extends LinearLayout { public MyCustomLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { super(context, attrs); LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.custom_layout, this, true); setUpViews(); } //different methods } ``` And activity, which includes this layout: ``` public class MyActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.my_activity); setUpViews(); } ``` And my_activity.xml: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" > <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" > <com.example.MyCustomLayout android:id="@+id/section1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" /> <com.example.MyCustomLayout android:id="@+id/section2" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" /> </LinearLayout> ``` So, I have a problem when I remove comment block from: `LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.custom_layout, this, true);` and go to my_activity.xml in graphic mode. Eclipse thinks and then crashes. It look like it tries to inflate my custom view many times but I don't understand why. I'am getting this error in error log when i relaunch eclipse: `java.lang.StackOverflowError`

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