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diff --git a/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/adt/internal/ui/EclipseUiHelper.java b/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/adt/internal/ui/EclipseUiHelper.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.ui;
+
+import org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchWindow;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
+
+/**
+ * Helpers for Eclipse UI related stuff.
+ */
+public final class EclipseUiHelper {
+
+    /** View Id for the default Eclipse Content Outline view. */
+    public static final String CONTENT_OUTLINE_VIEW_ID = "org.eclipse.ui.views.ContentOutline";
+    /** View Id for the default Eclipse Property Sheet view. */
+    public static final String PROPERTY_SHEET_VIEW_ID  = "org.eclipse.ui.views.PropertySheet";
+    
+    /** This class never gets instantiated. */
+    private EclipseUiHelper() {
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Shows the corresponding view.
+     * <p/>
+     * Silently fails in case of error.
+     * 
+     * @param viewId One of {@link #CONTENT_OUTLINE_VIEW_ID}, {@link #PROPERTY_SHEET_VIEW_ID}.
+     * @param activate True to force activate (i.e. takes focus), false to just make visible (i.e.
+     *                 does not steal focus.)
+     */
+    public static void showView(String viewId, boolean activate) {
+        IWorkbenchWindow win = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow();
+        if (win != null) {
+            IWorkbenchPage page = win.getActivePage();
+            if (page != null) {
+                try {
+                    IViewPart part = page.showView(viewId,
+                            null /* secondaryId */,
+                            activate ? IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_ACTIVATE : IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_VISIBLE);
+                } catch (PartInitException e) {
+                    // ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+}