title: android studio generate textview with button
body: <p>Is it possible to generate a textview when click a button?</p>
  
  <p>Currently I have is a button that just get the id of a button</p>
  
  <pre><code> public void xxx(View v){
      System.out.println(v.getId());
      textView.setText("the button clicked was" + v.getId());
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way were I can generate a textview for everytime I click on a button?</p>
  
  <p>After looking at some replied this is the full one but it does not work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example.earth.stacktest1;
  
  import android.graphics.Color;
  import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.Menu;
  import android.view.MenuItem;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.LinearLayout;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  
  
  public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
  
      public class SampleActivity extends MainActivity {
  
          int counter = 0;
  
          @Override
          protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
              super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
              setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
              final LinearLayout linearLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linear_layout);
  
              Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add_button);
              button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                  @Override
                  public void onClick(View view) {
                      counter++;
  
                      TextView textView = new TextView(SampleActivity.this);
                      textView.setText("TextView " + counter);
                      textView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#FF0000"));
                      textView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#00FF00"));
  
                      linearLayout.addView(textView);
                  }
              });
          }
      }
  
  
  
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      }
  
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
          // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
          getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
          return true;
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
          // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
          // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
          // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
          int id = item.getItemId();
  
          //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
          if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
              return true;
          }
  
          return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>