# ViewManager Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) # ViewManager *** ** * ** *** Kotlin\|[Java](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewManager "View this page in Java") ``` interface ViewManager ``` |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [android.view.ViewManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewManager#) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Known Direct Subclasses [ViewGroup](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewGroup),[WindowManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/WindowManager) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [ViewGroup](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewGroup) | A`ViewGroup`is a special view that can contain other views (called children.) The view group is the base class for layouts and views containers. | | [WindowManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/WindowManager) | The interface that apps use to talk to the window manager. | | 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| Known Indirect Subclasses [AbsListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AbsListView.html#),[AbsSpinner](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AbsSpinner.html#),[AbsoluteLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AbsoluteLayout.html#),[ActionMenuView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ActionMenuView.html#),[AdapterView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterView.html#),[AdapterViewAnimator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterViewAnimator.html#),[AdapterViewFlipper](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterViewFlipper.html#),[AppWidgetHostView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/appwidget/AppWidgetHostView.html#),[CalendarView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/CalendarView.html#),[DatePicker](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/DatePicker.html#),[DialerFilter](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/DialerFilter.html#),[ExpandableListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ExpandableListView.html#), and 37 others. |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AbsListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AbsListView.html#) | Base class that can be used to implement virtualized lists of items. | | [AbsSpinner](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AbsSpinner.html#) | An abstract base class for spinner widgets. | | [AbsoluteLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AbsoluteLayout.html#) | A layout that lets you specify exact locations (x/y coordinates) of its children. | | [ActionMenuView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ActionMenuView.html#) | ActionMenuView is a presentation of a series of menu options as a View. | | [AdapterView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterView.html#) | An AdapterView is a view whose children are determined by an[Adapter](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/Adapter.html#). | | [AdapterViewAnimator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterViewAnimator.html#) | Base class for a[AdapterView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterView.html#)that will perform animations when switching between its views. | | [AdapterViewFlipper](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/AdapterViewFlipper.html#) | Simple[ViewAnimator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewAnimator.html#)that will animate between two or more views that have been added to it. | | [AppWidgetHostView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/appwidget/AppWidgetHostView.html#) | Provides the glue to show AppWidget views. | | [CalendarView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/CalendarView.html#) | This class is a calendar widget for displaying and selecting dates. | | [DatePicker](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/DatePicker.html#) | Provides a widget for selecting a date. | | [DialerFilter](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/DialerFilter.html#) | This widget is a layout that contains several specifically-named child views that handle keyboard entry interpreted as standard phone dialpad digits. | | [ExpandableListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ExpandableListView.html#) | A view that shows items in a vertically scrolling two-level list. | | [FragmentBreadCrumbs](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/app/FragmentBreadCrumbs.html#) | Helper class for showing "bread crumbs" representing the fragment stack in an activity. | | [FrameLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/FrameLayout.html#) | FrameLayout is designed to block out an area on the screen to display a single item. | | [Gallery](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/Gallery.html#) | A view that shows items in a center-locked, horizontally scrolling list. | | [GestureOverlayView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/gesture/GestureOverlayView.html#) | A transparent overlay for gesture input that can be placed on top of other widgets or contain other widgets. | | [GridLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/GridLayout.html#) | A layout that places its children in a rectangular*grid*. | | [GridView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/GridView.html#) | A view that shows items in two-dimensional scrolling grid. | | [HorizontalScrollView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/HorizontalScrollView.html#) | Layout container for a view hierarchy that can be scrolled by the user, allowing it to be larger than the physical display. | | [ImageSwitcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ImageSwitcher.html#) | [ViewSwitcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewSwitcher.html#)that switches between two ImageViews when a new image is set on it. | | [InlineContentView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/inline/InlineContentView.html#) | This class represents a view that holds opaque content from another app that you can inline in your UI. | | [LinearLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/LinearLayout.html#) | A layout that arranges other views either horizontally in a single column or vertically in a single row. | | [ListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ListView.html#) | Displays a vertically-scrollable collection of views, where each view is positioned immediately below the previous view in the list. | | [MediaController](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/MediaController.html#) | A view containing controls for a MediaPlayer. | | [NumberPicker](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/NumberPicker.html#) | A widget that enables the user to select a number from a predefined range. | | [RadioGroup](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/RadioGroup.html#) | This class is used to create a multiple-exclusion scope for a set of radio buttons. | | [RelativeLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/RelativeLayout.html#) | A Layout where the positions of the children can be described in relation to each other or to the parent. | | [ScrollView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ScrollView.html#) | A view group that allows the view hierarchy placed within it to be scrolled. | | [SearchView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/SearchView.html#) | A widget that provides a user interface for the user to enter a search query and submit a request to a search provider. | | [SlidingDrawer](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/SlidingDrawer.html#) | SlidingDrawer hides content out of the screen and allows the user to drag a handle to bring the content on screen. | | [Spinner](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/Spinner.html#) | A view that displays one child at a time and lets the user pick among them. | | [SplashScreenView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/window/SplashScreenView.html#) | The view which allows an activity to customize its splash screen exit animation. | | [StackView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/StackView.html#) |
| | [TabHost](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TabHost.html#) | Container for a tabbed window view. | | [TabWidget](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TabWidget.html#) | Displays a list of tab labels representing each page in the parent's tab collection. | | [TableLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TableLayout.html#) | A layout that arranges its children into rows and columns. | | [TableRow](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TableRow.html#) | A layout that arranges its children horizontally. | | [TextSwitcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TextSwitcher.html#) | Specialized[android.widget.ViewSwitcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewSwitcher.html#)that contains only children of type[android.widget.TextView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TextView.html#). | | [TimePicker](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TimePicker.html#) | A widget for selecting the time of day, in either 24-hour or AM/PM mode. | | [Toolbar](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/Toolbar.html#) | A standard toolbar for use within application content. | | [TvAdView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/media/tv/ad/TvAdView.html#) | Displays contents of TV advertisement services. | | [TvInteractiveAppView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/media/tv/interactive/TvInteractiveAppView.html#) | Displays contents of interactive TV applications. | | [TvView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/media/tv/TvView.html#) | Displays TV contents. | | [TwoLineListItem](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TwoLineListItem.html#) | A view group with two children, intended for use in ListViews. | | [ViewAnimator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewAnimator.html#) | Base class for a[FrameLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/FrameLayout.html#)container that will perform animations when switching between its views. | | [ViewFlipper](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewFlipper.html#) | Simple[ViewAnimator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewAnimator.html#)that will animate between two or more views that have been added to it. | | [ViewSwitcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewSwitcher.html#) | [ViewAnimator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ViewAnimator.html#)that switches between two views, and has a factory from which these views are created. | | [WebView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/webkit/WebView.html#) | A View that displays web pages. | | [ZoomControls](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/ZoomControls.html#) | The`ZoomControls`class displays a simple set of controls used for zooming and provides callbacks to register for events. | | Interface to let you add and remove child views to an Activity. To get an instance of this class, call[Context.getSystemService()](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/Context.html#getSystemService(kotlin.String)). ## Summary | Public methods || |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [addView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewManager#addView(android.view.View,%20android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams))`(`view:` `[View](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View)!`, `params:` `[ViewGroup.LayoutParams](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewGroup.LayoutParams)!`)` Assign the passed LayoutParams to the passed View and add the view to the window. | | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [removeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewManager#removeView(android.view.View))`(`view:` `[View](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View)!`)`
| | abstract[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [updateViewLayout](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewManager#updateViewLayout(android.view.View,%20android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams))`(`view:` `[View](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View)!`, `params:` `[ViewGroup.LayoutParams](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewGroup.LayoutParams)!`)`
| ## Public methods ### addView Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun addView(     view: View!,     params: ViewGroup.LayoutParams! ): Unit ``` Assign the passed LayoutParams to the passed View and add the view to the window. Throws[android.view.WindowManager.BadTokenException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/WindowManager.BadTokenException)for certain programming errors, such as adding a second view to a window without removing the first view. Throws[android.view.WindowManager.InvalidDisplayException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/WindowManager.InvalidDisplayException)if the window is on a secondary[Display](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/Display)and the specified display can't be found (see[android.app.Presentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/app/Presentation.html#)). | Parameters || |----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `view` | [View](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View)!:The view to be added to this window. | | `params` | [ViewGroup.LayoutParams](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/ViewGroup.LayoutParams)!:The LayoutParams to assign to view. | ### removeView Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun removeView(view: View!): Unit ``` ### updateViewLayout Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) ``` abstract fun updateViewLayout(     view: View!,     params: ViewGroup.LayoutParams! ): Unit ```