What Is View and Viewgroup in Android?
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View is a basic building block of UI (User Interface) in android. A view is a small rectangular box which responds to user inputs. Eg: EditText , Button , CheckBox , etc.. ViewGroup is a invisible container of other views (child views) and other viewgroups.

What are view and ViewGroup classes in Android?

View is the base class for widgets, which are used to create interactive UI components like buttons, text fields, etc. The ViewGroup is a subclass of View and provides invisible container that hold other Views or other ViewGroups and define their layout properties.

What is the main purpose of ViewGroup?

What is the main purpose of a ViewGroup? It groups together the most common views that developers use in Android apps. It serves as a container for View objects, and is responsible for arranging the View objects within it. It is required to make a view interactive as a way to group TextViews on a screen.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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