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Android Android Lists and Adapters Adapters and ViewHolders Adapting the Adapter

michael lee
michael lee
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Posted by michael lee
michael lee
5,179 Points

what does inflate and inflater actually do?

I wonder what inflate and inflater does, also, what exactly is "binding"?

1 Answer

Marie Franklin
Marie Franklin
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Marie Franklin
Marie Franklin
13,331 Points 
inflate is a method that accept LayoutInflater, whereas LayoutInflater is a class that
Instantiates a layout XML file into its corresponding View objects

for more info visit https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/LayoutInflater