I'm trying to learn how to build apps for Android.

The first simple app, which will become a component of a bigger app I hope to build, is to have a button on the screen where, when tapped, it adds something new to the view.

For instance:

Imagine a layout that only has a button:

[Create!]

When that button, the view gets a new row added to it:

[Create!]
A Something!

Upon subsequent presses, more rows are added

[Create!]
A Something!
A Something!

And so on.

I've made a LinearLayout and placed the button in it, and have attached a click listener to it. That all works great. What I can't figure out is how to get a handle on the LinearLayout in the onClick function with which I'll addView() the new TextView that says "A Something!"

Am I on the right track? What basic thing am I missing? Thanks!