Disable button when clicked, then re-enable it

Question

I am starting out Android development by building a simple quiz app with only two buttons, True and False. The app displays a Toast saying whether the answer is correct or incorrect.
What I am trying to do is disable both the buttons as soon as either is clicked/tapped, then re-enable them after the Toast has been displayed. This is what I tried in my listener for the buttons:

mFalseButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v){
            mTrueButton.setEnabled(false);
            mFalseButton.setEnabled(false);

            checkAnswer(false); //Display the appropriate Toast

            mTrueButton.setEnabled(true);
            mFalseButton.setEnabled(true);
        }
    });

This does not work. My buttons never get disabled when they are clicked/tapped. How can I do this correctly? Any help would be highly appreciated.

They don't get disabled as immediately after checking the answer your enable them again. You can use Handler and postDelayed to enabled them after a few sec — fbwnd, Jul 20 '17 at 12:04
What do you want to actually do in your code? Do you want do disable both button after first click or want to enable after some time? if you want to enable after some time then use handler with post delay method to renable it. — Mohd Saquib, Jul 20 '17 at 12:07
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15615823/setenabled-vs-setclickable-what-is-the-difference — Pushan Gupta, Jul 20 '17 at 12:11

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '17 at 12:06

Enable with a Handler like this after 1500 ms.

mTrueButton.setEnabled(false);
mFalseButton.setEnabled(false);

checkAnswer(false); //Display the appropriate Toast

new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
  @Override
  public void run() {
      mTrueButton.setEnabled(true);
      mFalseButton.setEnabled(true);
  }
}, 1500);

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 12:09

4

Use

mTrueButton.setClickable(false);

instead of

mTrueButton.setEnable(false);

answered Jul 20 '17 at 12:09

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 12:08

1

Try this

mTrueButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

mTrueButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

answered Jul 20 '17 at 12:08

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 12:09

private static final ScheduledExecutorService worker =
            Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();


  checkAnswer(false);
  Runnable task = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
        mTrueButton.setEnabled(true);
        mFalseButton.setEnabled(true);
  mFalseButton.setEnabled(true);
            }
        };
        worker.schedule(task, 3000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 20 '17 at 12:49

try this

mFalseButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        mTrueButton.setEnabled(false);
        mFalseButton.setEnabled(false);

        checkAnswer(false); //Display the appropriate Toast


        new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
            // This method will be executed once the timer is over
                mTrueButton.setEnabled(true);
                mFalseButton.setEnabled(true);

            }
        },2000);// set time as per your requirement in millisecinds
    }
});

Disable button when clicked, then re-enable it

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