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Android

Juan Lozano
Juan Lozano
1,762 Points
Posted by Juan Lozano
Juan Lozano
1,762 Points

Why should I use android.R.layout.simple.simple_list_item_1 instead of just R.layout...

Why?

1 Answer

kunalshitut
kunalshitut
5,872 Points
kunalshitut
kunalshitut
5,872 Points

I am not entirely sure but I believe that R.layout is used to reference views that are created by you and android.R.layout refers to some default views which are present in the android SDK and can be readily used rather than creating your own.

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Take a look at the docs here for more included layouts. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.layout.html