Question: What Is a Custom View in Android?
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View are typically created to provide a user interface experience with is not possible with the default views. Using custom view allows the developer allow to do certain performance optimization, i.e., in case of a custom layout the development can optimize the layout manager for his use case.

What is custom layout in Android?

A ViewGroup in Android is a special view that can contain other Views. A ViewGroup can contain one or multiple children. All other standard layout managers such as LinearLayout, FrameLayout, RelativeLayout are specialized sub classes of ViewGroup class that layout their child in specific format.

What is view in Android with example?

A View is a simple building block of a user interface. It is a small rectangular box that can be TextView, EditText, or even a button. It occupies the area on the screen in a rectangular area and is responsible for drawing and event handling. View is a superclass of all the graphical user interface components.

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