LayoutInflater.inflate()的返回值

LayoutInflater.infalte(@LayoutRes int resource, @Nullable ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot)的返回值一定是 xml 中的 rootView 吗？
答案是否定的：

Returns View The root View of the inflated hierarchy. If root was
supplied and attachToRoot is true, this is root; otherwise it is the
root of the inflated XML file.

从该方法的doc中可以看到，如果 提供了root 且 attachToRoot为true，返回值是root， 否则，是xml 中的 root。

代码也很简单：

    public View inflate(@LayoutRes int resource, @Nullable ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
        final Resources res = getContext().getResources();

        XmlResourceParser parser = res.getLayout(resource);
        try {
            return inflate(parser, root, attachToRoot);
        } finally {
            parser.close();
        }
    }

调用的是 inflate(XmlPullParser parser, @Nullable ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot)方法

public View inflate(XmlPullParser parser, @Nullable ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot) {
        synchronized (mConstructorArgs) {
            View result = root;

            try {
                if (TAG_MERGE.equals(name)) {
                    if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
                        throw new InflateException("<merge /> can be used only with a valid "
                                + "ViewGroup root and attachToRoot=true");
                    }

                    rInflate(parser, root, inflaterContext, attrs, false);
                } else {
                    // Temp is the root view that was found in the xml
                    final View temp = createViewFromTag(root, name, inflaterContext, attrs);

                    // Decide whether to return the root that was passed in or the
                    // top view found in xml.
                    if (root == null || !attachToRoot) {
                        result = temp;
                    }
                }

            } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
					// ...
            } catch (Exception e) {
					//  ...
            }

            return result;
        }
    }