disable button with custom background android

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When I have an android button and set it as disabled then the button seems as "transparent".

I have a button with custom background for the pressed and focused state. I want to disable it from code. When I try button.setEnabled(false); I disable the button but it keeps the same custom background. Any idea how to disable my custom button and changes the background as transparent too?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3244022/andrioid-button-set-background-to-transparent-color — Will Tate, Apr 26 '11 at 12:49

score 42 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '12 at 13:08

you should create you custom selector like this:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item 
    android:state_enabled="false"
        android:drawable="@drawable/btn_red" />
    <item 
        android:state_pressed="true" 
        android:state_enabled="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/btn_orange" />
    <item 
        android:state_focused="true" 
        android:state_enabled="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/btn_orange" />
    <item 
        android:state_enabled="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/btn_black" />
</selector>

For that selector, create a new XML file in the `res/drawable/ directory` — Ivo Renkema, Feb 11 '15 at 09:23

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 28 '11 at 18:06

16

Maybe you could use android:state_enabled and set that to appropriate transparent drawable in your selector for this button?

edited Jun 28 '11 at 18:06

Carl Manaster

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answered Apr 26 '11 at 12:48

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