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title: "Android : drawing on activity with other views"  
description: "Android : drawing on activity with other views"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-05-29  
updated: 2013-05-30  
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category: "android"  
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# Android : drawing on activity with other views

Hi [Expert](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13120/an-expert-financial-advice-will-improve-your-finances)!\
I am new to [android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13046/10-reasons-why-i-prefer-android-vs-iphone-ios) and trying to make something like the finger-lock [security system](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/66/firing-in-allahabad-university-what-s-wrong-with-allahabad-security-system) of the android. The [problem](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81399/tackling-the-problem-of-unemployment-during-corona-pandemic) is that I have found a lot of [reference](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/774/reference-what-does-this-error-mean-in-php) on drawing onto a plain [background](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65/how-to-change-background-color-of-tab-control-in-c-sharp) (that sets different [content](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13019/get-the-best-content-marketing-pricing-packages-for-your-brand) view and allows drawing onto that), but not regarding drawing onto the same [activity](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12894/how-to-force-recreation-of-activity-fragment-on-restore) layout.\
Your help is a great appreciated.\
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## Replies

### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL

Hi Jeet!\
**setContentView** is noting but the activity view. Once the view is set in main activity (max in **oncreate** method) it can update from multiple classes according to your logic's. I think before trying this you have to understand the view and its hierarchic properties properly\
I hope it helpful for you. \


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