Best way to get layout inflater?

Question

I have just come across the getLayoutInflater() method, I have always used LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); to get the layout inflater so I was just wondering what is the difference between these two? Is there a case where one of these will work and not the other ? Thanks

Answer 1

For an Activity, both of those should give you the same LayoutInflater, but I would assume getLayoutInflater() is better because it simply grabs the LayoutInflater that is already cached in the Window given to the Activity.