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Why findViewById() is returning null


I am trying to make a drawing app but when I am setting the brush size seek and try to make a text view to show its size it is always returning null I tried multiple ways but it didn't succeed so please can any one help me fix the poblems in this code so the text shows the seekbar progress text

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
        private var ibBrush: ImageView? = null
        private var tvBrushSize: TextView? = null
        private var sbBrushSize: SeekBar?= null
    
        override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
            AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode(AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_NO)
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
            setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
            ibBrush = findViewById(R.id.ib_brush)
            ibBrush?.setOnClickListener{
                changeBrushSize()
            }
    
    
        }
        private fun changeBrushSize(){
            AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode(AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_NO)
            val brushDialog = Dialog(this)
            brushDialog.setContentView(R.layout.brush_size_dialog)
            tvBrushSize = findViewById(R.id.tv_brush_size)
            sbBrushSize = findViewById(R.id.sb_brush_size)
    
            tvBrushSize?.text = sbBrushSize?.progress.toString()
    
    
            brushDialog.show()
    
    
        }
    }

Why tvBrushSize is returning null while I am setting it to findViewById() to the correct id in xml

*here is the xml *

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"

    >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/brush_size"
        android:gravity="center"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/linear"/>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="350dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView">

        <SeekBar
            android:id="@+id/sb_brush_size"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="10"
            android:max="30"
            />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/tv_brush_size"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="@string/_0" />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Solution

  • you need to bind views from dialog, so manage it like this;

      brushDialog.setContentView(R.layout.brush_size_dialog)
      val dialogView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.brush_size_dialog, null) 
      brushDialog.setContentView(dialogView)
      tvBrushSize = dialogView.findViewById(R.id.tv_brush_size)