Get text from dynamically added view

In the post "Add and Remove view dynamically", views are added dynamically ar run-time, with add and remove function. It's modified to have a "insert" button on each row, the associated text will be inserted in EditView if the button clicked.

Get text from dynamically added view


MainActivity.java
package com.example.androiddynamicview;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.animation.LayoutTransition;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

EditText textIn;
Button buttonAdd;
LinearLayout container;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
textIn = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.textin);
buttonAdd = (Button)findViewById(R.id.add);
container = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.container);

buttonAdd.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
LayoutInflater layoutInflater =
(LayoutInflater) getBaseContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
final View addView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.row, null);
final TextView textOut = (TextView)addView.findViewById(R.id.textout);
textOut.setText(textIn.getText().toString());
Button buttonRemove = (Button)addView.findViewById(R.id.remove);
buttonRemove.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
((LinearLayout)addView.getParent()).removeView(addView);
}});

Button buttonInsert = (Button)addView.findViewById(R.id.insert);
buttonInsert.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String text = textOut.getText().toString();
String newText = textIn.getText().toString() + text;
textIn.setText(newText);
}});

container.addView(addView, 0);
}});

LayoutTransition transition = new LayoutTransition();
container.setLayoutTransition(transition);
}
}

/res/layout/activity_main.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:autoLink="web"
android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
android:textStyle="bold" />

<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:id="@+id/add"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Add"/>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/textin"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/add"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
</LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

/res/layout/row.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:id="@+id/remove"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Remove"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/insert"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/remove"
android:text="Insert"/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/remove"/>
</RelativeLayout>



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