How do I resolve the the cannot resolve method findViewById(int) error

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Android

application

dialog

I have a layout file with the following attributes;

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="64dp"
        android:scaleType="center"
        android:background="#FFFFBB33"
        android:contentDescription="@string/app_name" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/cityDialog"
        android:inputType="textCapWords"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
        android:hint="@string/city_hint" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/stateDialog"
        android:inputType="textCapWords"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
        android:hint="@string/state_hint"/>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/countryDialog"
        android:inputType="textCapWords"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
        android:hint="@string/country_hint"/>
</LinearLayout>

Then I have a corresponding class with the following declarations;

import android.app.Dialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.R.*;

public class settings extends DialogFragment{

public static final String IMAGE_RESOURCE_ID = "iconResourceID";
public static final String ITEM_NAME = "itemName";

private EditText city = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.cityDialog);
private EditText state;
private EditText country;


public settings(){}

public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState){
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_setings, container, false);
}
}

But I'm getting a

Cannot resolve method 'findViewById(int)'

and I'm not sure why.


Things I've tried;
- Removing the R file so that the resource can be generated
- Cleaning and rebuilding the entire project
- Renaming the attributes

But nothing seems to be working. What am I missing?