Litho: LithoView.create() does not accept ComponentLayout

[Martin-Hogge]

• [ ] I have searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate

Version

compile 'com.facebook.litho:litho-core:0.3.1'
compile 'com.facebook.litho:litho-widget:0.3.1'
provided 'com.facebook.litho:litho-annotations:0.3.1'
annotationProcessor 'com.facebook.litho:litho-processor:0.3.1'

Issues and Steps to Reproduce

I want to create a more complexe layout that a simple text to pass on LithoView.create() function. I tried to create a layout by using the Column ComponentLayout but it does not work because the method LithoView.create() accept only Component and not ComponentLayout.

Here is an example:

final RecyclerBinder recyclerBinder = new RecyclerBinder(componentContext,
        new LinearLayoutInfo(this, OrientationHelper.VERTICAL, false)
);

final Component recycler = Recycler.create(componentContext)
        .binder(recyclerBinder)
        .build();

ComponentLayout cl = Column.create(componentContext)
        .child(Button.create(componentContext)
                .text("validate")
                .listener(new ButtonSpec.ButtonClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick() {
                        Toast.makeText(componentContext, "click", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    }
                }))
        .child(recycler)
        .build();

setContentView(LithoView.create(this, cl));

How do I set Column or any other LayoutComponentas the root of my LithoView?

[mihaelao]

@Martin-Hogge this is a limitation of the framework that we plan to fix in the future, but for now you'd have to create a new @LayoutSpec-annotated class and use the generated component as the root of your LithoView. Hope that helps!

[ar-g]

Any updates on this? When do you plan to release?

[IanChilds]

This now works as you hope. Column.create(c) returns a Component, so you can pass that to LithoView.create

[IanChilds]

I don't think there is a full release with that change in, but if you use a snapshot release then you will get that behaviour.