Setting attribute of child element of included layout

No, there is no way to pass parameters to the included layout other than the layout params using the <include> directive.

You can inflate the layout programatically and add them to your view. Add an id to the container in your main layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" />

Then in your Activity:

ViewGroup container = (ViewGroup)findViewById(R.id.container);
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
    View myLayout = getLayoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.mylayout, null);
    TextView tv = myLayout.findViewById(R.id.textView);
    tv.setText("my layout " + i);
    container.addView(myLayout); // you can pass extra layout params here too
}

It is possible if you enable data binding:

In reuse_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <data>
       <variable name="text" type="String"/>
    </data>
    <LinearLayout 
        android:id="@+id/mylayout"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@{text}" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </LinearLayout>
</layout>

when you call the reuse_layout.xml just add app:text attribute with it

<layout="@layout/reuse_layout" app:text="some tex" />