How to access the button code from an included layout?

Question

I had included the footer layout inside my home layout. The footer layout contains 3 buttons and it calls three methods in its corresponding footer class.

I am successfully able to display my footer layout on the home layout using the below include code.

<include layout="@layout/footer"/>

The problem i am facing is , the button clicks are not getting executed. It says no such method found exception.

How does the footer buttons can be accessed ?

Answer 1

you can access the button this way :

Button b = (Button) footerLayout.getChildAt(index);

and then you can attach at the button the handler that you prefer.

Answer 2

You can also access it with Button b = (Button) findViewById(idOfButton)

android treats included layouts as if they were written inside the code, if your button has an id, it is reachable easily