How to hide a button programmatically?

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I have a RelativeLayout which

contains two buttons. Which are
overlapped on each other.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF">

<Button android:text="Play"
android:id="@+id/play"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom = "true">
</Button>

<Button android:text="Stop "

android:id="@+id/stop"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom = "true">
</Button>

</RelativeLayout>

I want to programmatically show only

one button at a time when its click
event is called.

I tried it with :

playButton.setVisibility(1);

but it does not worked. Following is

an example what I am trying to do.

playButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.play);

playButton.setVisibility(1);
playButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//when play is clicked show stop button and hide play button

}
});

android

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Rishi
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You can use the following code:

playButton = (Button) findViewById(R.i

playButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE)
playButton.setOnClickListener(new OnCl
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//when play is clicked show st
playButton.setVisibility(View.
stopButton.setVisibility(View.
}
});

edited Oct 14 '17 at 21:53

Angie Loo
3 2

answered May 30 '11 at 7:42

Sunil Kumar Sahoo
36.1k 45 157 232

2 Thanks sunil :) can you please tell the

difference between View.VISIBLe and
1 ( is it just enum ) ? –
Vamsi Krishna B Jan 2 '12 at 13:34

1 Why setVisibility to 1? That's not any

of the constant values. – pqsk Aug 16
'13 at 17:46

3 View.GONE makes the item not take

up any layout space. View.INVISIBLE
reserves space for the item. This
changes the layout of view when you
toggle visibility. – gb96 Jun 13 '15 at
10:19

Try the below code - to learn, share knowledge, and build your career.
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playButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);

show it again with -

playButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE)

edited Aug 13 '13 at 19:43

naveends
3 3

answered May 30 '11 at 7:38

Balaji.K
7,609 5 23 37

5 +1 for using View.GONE instead of 1

– Thorsten Niehues Oct 3 '13 at 17:21

Please used below

View.GONE and View.VISIBLE

answered May 30 '11 at 7:36

Nikhil
14.1k 19 56 78

Hidde:

BUTTON.setVisibility(View.GONE);

Show:

BUTTON.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

answered May 27 '15 at 23:01

Alex Zaraos
3,689 1 17 19

public void OnClick(View.v)

Button b1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id
b1.setVisiblity(View.INVISIBLE);

edited Mar 11 '16 at 6:57

Hussein El Feky
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answered May 30 '12 at 14:17

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 I would suggest you only use one
button an change the text and the
behavior on the button on demand.
That's easier and cleaner than
handling two buttons which are
overlapping.

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String curText = ((TextView)v).get

if(curText.equals("Play")){
((TextView)v).setText("Stop");
}

if(curText.equals("Stop")){
((TextView)v).setText("Play");
}
}

edited May 30 '11 at 9:38

answered May 30 '11 at 7:37

Flo
22k 13 76 115

i like your idea its actually what i do in

iphone toggling single button to do
multiple things.But i am new to
android , can you please point me to
an example on how to do this.. –
Rishi May 30 '11 at 9:07

Try View.INVISIBLE .

answered May 30 '11 at 7:29

Vladimir Ivanov
36.9k 15 68 96

Please try this: playButton = (Button)

findViewById(R.id.play);
playButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIB
LE); I think this will do it.

answered May 30 '11 at 7:38

Basil
2,155 2 12 25

Button button = (Button) findV

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button.setVisibility(View.GONE
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answered Sep 19 '16 at 5:12

r3dm4n
574 2 10 23

For "Xamarin Android":

FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.Butto

answered Mar 25 at 3:06

Matheus Miranda
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