对 inflate 你真的了解吗？

public View inflate(@LayoutRes int resource, @Nullable ViewGroup root) {
    return inflate(resource, root, root != null);
}

public View inflate(@LayoutRes int resource, @Nullable ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
  final Resources res = getContext().getResources();
  if (DEBUG) {
      Log.d(TAG, "INFLATING from resource: \"" + res.getResourceName(resource) + "\" ("
        + Integer.toHexString(resource) + ")");
  }

  final XmlResourceParser parser = res.getLayout(resource);
  try {
      return inflate(parser, root, attachToRoot);
  } finally {
      parser.close();
  }
}

public View inflate(XmlPullParser parser, @Nullable ViewGroup root) {
    return inflate(parser, root, root != null);
}

public View inflate(XmlPullParser parser, @Nullable ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
    synchronized (mConstructorArgs) {
        Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW, "inflate");

        final Context inflaterContext = mContext;
        final AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
        Context lastContext = (Context) mConstructorArgs[0];
        mConstructorArgs[0] = inflaterContext;
        View result = root;

        try {
            // Look for the root node.
            int type;
            while ((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG &&
                    type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
                // Empty
            }

            if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                throw new InflateException(parser.getPositionDescription()
                        + ": No start tag found!");
            }

            final String name = parser.getName();

            if (DEBUG) {
                System.out.println("**************************");
                System.out.println("Creating root view: "
                        + name);
                System.out.println("**************************");
            }

            if (TAG_MERGE.equals(name)) {
                if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
                    throw new InflateException("<merge /> can be used only with a valid "
                            + "ViewGroup root and attachToRoot=true");
                }

                rInflate(parser, root, inflaterContext, attrs, false);
            } else {
                // Temp is the root view that was found in the xml
                final View temp = createViewFromTag(root, name, inflaterContext, attrs);

                ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = null;

                if (root != null) {
                    if (DEBUG) {
                        System.out.println("Creating params from root: " +
                                root);
                    }
                    // Create layout params that match root, if supplied
                    params = root.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
                    if (!attachToRoot) {
                        // Set the layout params for temp if we are not
                        // attaching. (If we are, we use addView, below)
                        temp.setLayoutParams(params);
                    }
                }

                if (DEBUG) {
                    System.out.println("-----> start inflating children");
                }

                // Inflate all children under temp against its context.
                rInflateChildren(parser, temp, attrs, true);

                if (DEBUG) {
                    System.out.println("-----> done inflating children");
                }

                // We are supposed to attach all the views we found (int temp)
                // to root. Do that now.
                if (root != null && attachToRoot) {
                    root.addView(temp, params);
                }

                // Decide whether to return the root that was passed in or the
                // top view found in xml.
                if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
                    result = temp;
                }
            }

        } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
            final InflateException ie = new InflateException(e.getMessage(), e);
            ie.setStackTrace(EMPTY_STACK_TRACE);
            throw ie;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            final InflateException ie = new InflateException(parser.getPositionDescription()
                    + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
            ie.setStackTrace(EMPTY_STACK_TRACE);
            throw ie;
        } finally {
            // Don't retain static reference on context.
            mConstructorArgs[0] = lastContext;
            mConstructorArgs[1] = null;

            Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_VIEW);
        }

        return result;
    }
}

第1段代码调用第2段代码，第2段代码调用第4段代码，当然，第3段代码也调用第4段代码！对于第4段代码，它返回result，而result最初赋值root，然后再看root，相关的核心代码有2段，先看第一段：

if (root != null) {
    if (DEBUG) {
        System.out.println("Creating params from root: " +
                root);
    }
    // Create layout params that match root, if supplied
    params = root.generateLayoutParams(attrs);
    if (!attachToRoot) {
        // Set the layout params for temp if we are not
        // attaching. (If we are, we use addView, below)
        temp.setLayoutParams(params);
    }
}

这里如果root不为空，则把root的布局信息设给xml的布局，上面的tmp便是xml文件对应的view！

现在看第二段：

// We are supposed to attach all the views we found (int temp)
// to root. Do that now.
if (root != null && attachToRoot) {
    root.addView(temp, params);
}

// Decide whether to return the root that was passed in or the
// top view found in xml.
if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
    result = temp;
}