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    copied!<p>I have a made a custom Button called ActionButton and I'm trying to get reference to another view that is in a parallel view hierarchy. I thought of using <code>findViewById(int id)</code>, but I kept getting <code>NullPointerExceptions</code>, so I tried to get reference to the RootView via <code>getRootView()</code>, and from there get the view with <code>findViewById(int id)</code>. The problem is now that <code>getRootView</code> instead of returning a layout or null, it returns my ActionButton that called that method.</p> <p>Here is my ActionButton, where I try to get reference:</p> <pre><code>public class ActionButton extends Button { protected void onFinishInflate(){ super.onFinishInflate(); log(getRootView() == this) //true, what I don't understand... ConnectionLayer connectionLayer = (ConnectionLayer) findViewById(R.id.connection_layer); //Returns null... } } </code></pre> <p>And a overview of my layout.xml file:</p> <pre><code>&lt;FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" &gt; &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="horizontal" &gt; (much more xml elements) &lt;com.cae.design.reaction.ui.ActionButton android:id="@+id/actionButton" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="150dp" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" /&gt; &lt;/LinearLayout&gt; &lt;com.cae.design.reaction.ui.ConnectionLayer xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/connection_layer" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" &gt; &lt;/com.cae.design.reaction.ui.ConnectionLayer&gt; &lt;/FrameLayout&gt; </code></pre> <p>I would really appreciate if you could explain to me why <code>getRootView</code> returns the view itself or could give me a hint how I can reference it any other way.</p>
 

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