Can I inflate custom view in android?

Question

I have a custom view BananaPhoneView extends LinearLayout and I'd like to display it in a ListView

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    BananaPhoneView bananaPhoneView;
    if (convertView == null) {
        bananaPhoneView = (BananaPhoneView) LayoutInflater.from(context)
          .inflate(R.layout.banana_phone, parent, false);
    } else {
        bananaPhoneView = (BananaPhoneView) convertView;
    }

    BananaPhone bananaPhone = getItem(position);

    bananaPhoneView.update(bananaPhone);

    return bananaPhoneView;
}

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

    <TextView
        style="@style/BananaListItemTextView.Wide"
        android:text="Medium Text"
        android:id="@+id/text_view_banana_list_name" />

    <TextView
        style="@style/BananaListItemTextView.Wide"
        android:text="Medium Text"
        android:id="@+id/text_view_banana_list_address" />

    <TextView
        style="@style/BananaListItemTextView.Wide"
        android:text="Medium Text"
        android:id="@+id/text_view_banana_list_city" />

    <TextView
        style="@style/BananaListItemTextView.Narrow"
        android:text="x"
        android:id="@+id/text_view_banana_list_brand" />

</LinearLayout>

However I get:

java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.LinearLayout cannot be cast to com.example.banana.BananaPhoneView

Is there any way to do that?

I used this tutorial: http://www.piwai.info/android-adapter-good-practices/

First, do not use `LayoutInflater.from()`. Use `getLayoutInflater()` called on your `Activity`. Beyond that, please post the contents of `res/layout/banana_phone.xml`. — CommonsWare, Nov 14 '14 at 17:00
What's the difference between LayoutInflater.from() and getLayoutInflater()? if he uses the right context is the same, also is better don't keep activity references into the adapter and getContext() will give the right context to use. — MineConsulting SRL, Nov 14 '14 at 17:30
I posted XML. I don't have access to activity here, because the code is inside `Adapter`. I can also use `(LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)`. — Kamil Lelonek, Nov 14 '14 at 17:34
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2695646/declaring-a-custom-android-ui-element-using-xml — DeeV, Nov 14 '14 at 17:38
`android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class com.example.banana.BananaPhoneView`... — Kamil Lelonek, Nov 14 '14 at 18:26
@Funkystein, you helped me a lot. Can you please answer so that I can accept it? — Kamil Lelonek, Nov 14 '14 at 18:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '14 at 18:54

1

I think this

<LinearLayout xmlns:...

should be something like this

<your.package.name.BananaPhoneView xmlns:...

answered Nov 14 '14 at 18:54

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