How to set unique ids to Views created in a loop so that UI Automator can see them

Question

I have a bunch of Views added programmatically in a loop:

for (int j = 0; j < size(); j++) {
    TextView xxxView = (TextView) LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.xxx, container, false);
    xxxView.setId(k++); //this is not enough as UI Automator does not see it, id field is empty in UI Automator 
    container.addView(xxxView);
}

There is about 180 of those Views so it would be quite difficult to create xml with ids but this may be the only solution here.

Maybe some array of ids?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '17 at 12:56

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generate ids with View.generateViewId()

answered Aug 17 '17 at 12:56

an_droid_dev

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This won't work as ids are kinda random when I use View.generateViewId(). – Marian Paździoch Aug 17 '17 at 13:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '17 at 14:51

Use something else, like content description or tag.

for (int j = 0; j < size(); j++) {
    TextView xxxView = (TextView) LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.xxx, container, false);
    xxxView.setId(k++); //this is not enough as UI Automator does not see it, id field is empty in UI Automator 
    xxxView.setContentDescription("id:" + k); 
    container.addView(xxxView);
}

Then use UiSelector.description()

How to set unique ids to Views created in a loop so that UI Automator can see them

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