How to hide a button programmatically?

Question

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

    }
});

score 346 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 14 '17 at 21:53

346

You can use the following code:

playButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.play);
playButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
playButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        //when play is clicked show stop button and hide play button
        playButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        stopButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }
});

edited Oct 14 '17 at 21:53

Angie Loo

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answered May 30 '11 at 07:42

Sunil Kumar Sahoo

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Thanks sunil :) can you please tell the difference between View.VISIBLe and 1 ( is it just enum ) ? – Vamsi Krishna B Jan 02 '12 at 13:34
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Why setVisibility to 1? That's not any of the constant values. – pqsk Aug 16 '13 at 17:46
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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

score 88 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 13 '13 at 19:43

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Try the below code -

playButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

or -

playButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);

show it again with -

playButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

edited Aug 13 '13 at 19:43

naveends

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answered May 30 '11 at 07:38

Balaji.K

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score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '19 at 15:14

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In Kotlin

myButton.visibility = View.GONE

answered Feb 05 '19 at 15:14

jungledev

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered May 27 '15 at 23:01

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Hidde:

BUTTON.setVisibility(View.GONE);

Show:

BUTTON.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

answered May 27 '15 at 23:01

Alex Zaraos

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score 8 · Answer 5 · answered May 30 '11 at 07:36

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Please used below

View.GONE and View.VISIBLE

answered May 30 '11 at 07:36

Nikhil

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score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 11 '16 at 06:57

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public void OnClick(View.v)
Button b1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.playButton);
b1.setVisiblity(View.INVISIBLE);

edited Mar 11 '16 at 06:57

Hussein El Feky

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answered May 30 '12 at 14:17

fhilo

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r3dm4n · Answer 7 · 2017-09-20T18:04:15.870

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        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.myButton);
        //set to visible
        button.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        //set to invisble      
        button.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
       //or
        button.setVisibility(View.GONE);

edited Sep 20 '17 at 18:04

answered Sep 19 '16 at 05:12

r3dm4n

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Flo · Answer 8 · 2011-05-30T09:38:14.217

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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).getText();                 

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

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

edited May 30 '11 at 09:38

answered May 30 '11 at 07:37

Flo

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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 09:07

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 19 '22 at 07:39

Java

first connect button or any view you want to make it invisible or visible

btn = findViewById(R.id.btn);

then first make it visible as below

btn.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

I am using onClickListener to show or hide so when the button is clicked one button will be hidden and second will be shown

btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        //when button is clicked this button will be hidden
        btn.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        //  OR 
        btn.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

        // here the second button will be show as below
        btn11.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }
});

Kotlin

//For Making Button hide
btn.visibility = View.INVISIBLE

//For showing Button
btn.visibility = View.VISIBLE

score 3 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 01 '23 at 02:26

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Kotlin code is a lot simpler:

if(clearButton.isVisible) {
    clearButton.visibility = View.INVISIBLE
} else {
    clearButton.visibility = View.VISIBLE
}

Fun fact:

Setting isVisible property to true sets the visibility to View.VISIBLE, false to View.GONE.

view.isVisible = true is equal to view.visibility = View.VISIBLE
view.isVisible = false is equal to view.visibility = View.GONE

edited Aug 01 '23 at 02:26

Sudheesh R

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answered Nov 23 '19 at 08:23

Justin

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score 3 · Answer 11 · answered May 30 '11 at 07:29

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Try View.INVISIBLE.

answered May 30 '11 at 07:29

Vladimir Ivanov

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered May 30 '11 at 07:38

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Please try this: playButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.play); playButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE); I think this will do it.

answered May 30 '11 at 07:38

Basil

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 25 '18 at 03:06

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For "Xamarin Android":

FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.Button1).Visibility = ViewStates.Gone;

answered Mar 25 '18 at 03:06

Matheus Miranda

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