Find view by name

Question

Is it possible to find a view by its name rather than its id.

findViewById(R.id.someView);

but I would like to do something like this:

Answer 1

Yes, we can find any static resources by name too.

 int id = getResources().getIdentifier(name, "id", context.getPackageName());
View view;
if(id != 0) {
  view = findViewById(id);
}

getResources().identifier will return 0 always if resource not found or name doesn't match.

Answer 2

you have to find views by identifier when dealing with xml, but you can look up the identifier by using getIdentifier(String name, ...) which is useful if you have your layouts numbered for example. Just be aware that such a lookup is relatively expensive.

to complete the answer

int id = getResources().getIdentifier(name, "id", context.getPackageName());
View view = findViewById(id);