Custom Attributes in Android

android, custom-attributes

Solution

If you are going to use an attr in more than one place then put it in the root element inside the `<resources>` element like the following :

<resources>
    
    <attr name="tag" format="string" />

    <declare-styleable name="Spinner">
        <attr name="tag" />
    </declare-styleable>

    <declare-styleable name="EditText">
        <attr name="tag" />
    </declare-styleable>

</resources>

Now you can use the tag attribute in anywhere you want inside this xml file.

Problem

I'm trying to create a custom attribute called Tag for all editable elements. I added the following to attrs.xml ``` <declare-styleable name="Spinner"> <attr name="tag" format="string" /> </declare-styleable> <declare-styleable name="EditText"> <attr name="tag" format="string" /> </declare-styleable> ``` I get an error saying "Attribute tag has already been defined" for the EditText. Is it not possible to create a custom attribute of the same name on different elements?

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