Android - How to move a button programmatically

Question

I want to move a button depending on where the widgets are on the screen

What you want to do is described here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5646929/changing-position-of-a-button. But you may want to consider other options like a dynamic relative layout. — bbill, Jul 02 '15 at 21:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '21 at 22:40

You can move a button by using the

button.setY(Float)
button.setX(Float)

For example, on your Activity, you can do something like this. (This is done using Kotlin).

import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.Button


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    private lateinit var button: Button // Call it up here

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_post)

        button = findViewById(R.id.ButtonsId) // Choose which button from your xml file. 

    }

    //Whichever your action function is {
            button.setX(225F) // This will move the button horizontally. 
            button.setY(225F) // This will move the button vertically once the action is performed.
        }
    }
}

You can obviously decide what number you want to set it as. – Adan Vivero Nov 15 '21 at 22:40 — Adan Vivero, Nov 15 '21 at 22:40

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 00:59

-1

Use translationX and translationY - View.setTranslationX(float)

answered Jul 03 '15 at 00:59

Dimitar Genov

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