Is possible to declare attributes with the same name for different views?

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I've next problem. I create next attr.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <declare-styleable name="PublicMap">
        <attr name="public_map" format="boolean"/>
    </declare-styleable>
    <declare-styleable name="SceneMap">
        <attr name="public_map" format="boolean"/>
        <attr name="preview_mode" format="boolean"/>
    </declare-styleable>
</resources>

now project can not be compiled. Error is "error: Attribute "public_map" has already been defined". Is not possible to declare attributes with the same name for different views?

This is sad =( I want create several views with the same attributes — KoirN, Jul 31 '12 at 14:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '12 at 14:19

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I tested this on one of my project and noticed that its NOT possible to have same attr name under different declare-styleable.

However, you may append a prefix in order to differentiate attributes with similar names.

answered Jul 31 '12 at 14:19

waqaslam

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How do I handle it if I wish to re-use an attribute – Tash Pemhiwa Jun 21 '16 at 08:05
you need to use android's namespace to retrieve the existing attribute's value – waqaslam Jun 21 '16 at 08:21

Is possible to declare attributes with the same name for different views?

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