Is this possible to change weightSum value programatically using setWeightSum(float)?

Question

I am trying to control weightSum for linear layout from fragment. I wondered if it's possible to do that using setWeightSum(float) method. I tried to control weight sum in Linear layout which id is header_Linear.

<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/header_Linear"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="8">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.0"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.1"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:textAlignment="center"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="M"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTableItem"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.2"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="T"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTableItem"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.3"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="W"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTableItem"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.4"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="T"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTableItem"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.5"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="F"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTableItem"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.6"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="S"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTableItem"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/table_0.7"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="S"
            android:textColor="@color/sunday_text_color"
            android:visibility="visible"
            android:background="@drawable/header_bg"/>
</LinearLayout>

This is my fragment that using setWeightSum

public class TimeTableFragment extends Fragment {

public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater,
                         ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_timetable, container, false);

    LinearLayout linearLayout = root.findViewById(R.id.header_Linear);

    SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(Objects.requireNonNull(getContext()));
    String header_value = sharedPreferences.getString("Header","0");
    Toast.makeText(getContext(),""+header_value,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    if (header_value.equals("0")){
        linearLayout.setWeightSum(6);
    }

    return root;
}

When I start the app it crashes. I'd like to know if it's possible to control weightSum without errors. Thank you very much

Upate

The reason why I got nullPointException even though I declared Linear Layout using findViewById was due to xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"in Layout.

The View that contains xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" would return null after using findViewById in this situation

Answer 1

        public class TimeTableFragment extends Fragment {

        public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater,
                                 ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

            View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_timetable, container, false);

            return root;
        }

        @Override
        public void onViewCreated(@NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);

            LinearLayout linearLayout = view.findViewById(R.id.header_Linear);

            SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(Objects.requireNonNull(getContext()));
            String header_value = sharedPreferences.getString("Header","0");
            Toast.makeText(getContext(),""+header_value,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

            if (header_value.equals("0")){
                linearLayout.setWeightSum(6);
            }

    }
}