Make layout classes open

[EvGem7]

I want to use <merge> tag so I want to inherit from layout classes but they are final. NeumorphCardView in particular.

[fornewid]

I did not fully understand the exact purpose.
Please can you explain to me with codes?

[EvGem7]

@fornewid For example: I want to create a custom view which root layout is one of your ViewGroups. In constructor of the view I use View.inflate(context, R.layout.view_example, this). Root tag of the R.layout.view_example layout is <merge>. So I need to inherit from your layout class to make this work.

I can inherit from FrameLayout and don't use the <merge> tag, but it's bad because of excess nesting.

<FrameLayout> <YourCardView/> <FrameLayout/> without merge

vs

<YourCardView /> with merge

Also there may be more reasons to inherit from your classes. You create a library, so some users may want to customize it more than you let =)