Finding a resource given its ID - as a variable

Question

Finding a resource in your layout is easy if you know the id:

LinearLayout l = FindViewById<LinearLayout>(Resource.Id.linearLayout1);

but say I have

String id = "linearLayout1";

How can I access the resource IDs and "find" the one I'm looking for?

Answer 1

You can use this: Resources#getIdentifier()

String id = "linearLayout1";

int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier(id, "id", getPackageName());

Edit:

I didn't see the Xamarin tag. I am not familiar with Xamarin, but as far as I know, it mimics the Android API, so there should be a similar method available for that.

Answer 2

int resID = Resources.GetIdentifier(resourceName, "id", PackageName);

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