Hello.

I have my main.xml and I want to create another .xml to be used by an Activity I am creating, I am trying to replicate what my existing code is doing but I cannot seem to be able to get Eclipse or the sdk to pick up this xml file and recognize it as part of the app.

Any suggestions?

This has to be very basic but somehow I cannot find it in the Google documentation or searching this forum.

Just create another valid xml layout file in the res/layout directory and eclipse updates it automatically.

NOTE: For eclipse to update the R file, all resources should be valid!

yeh what snow said, just right click the layout folder, choose new, newfile and name it something.xml and it will be updated. You can then have another layout file in this way.

Also, after creating your new xml file, if you want to have the "Layout" tab appear at the bottom of your eclipse editor, right click on the new file then click on 'Open With', then click 'Other', then chose 'Android Layout Editor'. I don't how it is for other people, but I'm using Ubuntu and eclipse and when I create a new xml file, in an androd layout project, it is not automatically recognixed as an android layout so eclipse edits it as a regular xml file. This drove me nuts before I realized what was wrong.... I really like looking at the actual screen layout when designing my screens on that layout tab.......


cheers,
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