Introduction

This article shows how to set visibility on buttons in Android.
Procedure
For example
  1. public void onClick(View v) {
  2. b1.setVisibility(v.INVISIBLE);
  3. b2.setVisibility(v.VISIBLE);
  4. }
The following is the code.
MainActivity.java
  1. package com.example.visibilityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy;
  3. import android.app.Activity;
  4. import android.os.Bundle;
  5. import android.view.Menu;
  6. import android.view.View;
  7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
  8. import android.widget.Button;
  9. import android.widget.Toast;
  11. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  12. Button b1,b2,b3;
  14. @Override
  15. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  16. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  17. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  18. b1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
  19. b2=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);
  20. b3=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button3);
  21. b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
  22. public void onClick(View v) {
  23. // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  24. b1.setVisibility(v.INVISIBLE);
  25. b2.setVisibility(v.VISIBLE);
  26. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Button2 is visible",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  27. }
  28. });
  29. b2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
  30. public void onClick(View v) {
  31. // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  32. b2.setVisibility(v.INVISIBLE);
  33. b3.setVisibility(v.VISIBLE);
  34. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Button3 is visible ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  35. }
  36. });
  37. b3.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
  38. public void onClick(View v) {
  39. b3.setVisibility(v.INVISIBLE);
  40. b1.setVisibility(v.VISIBLE);
  41. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Button1 is visible", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  42. // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  43. }
  44. });
  45. }
  46. @Override
  47. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  48. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
  49. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
  50. return true;
  51. }
  52. }
    activity_main.xml
    1. <RelativeLayout
    2. xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    3. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    5. android:layout_width="match_parent"
    6. android:layout_height="match_parent"
    7. android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    8. android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    9. android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    10. android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    11. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
    13. <TextView
    14. android:id="@+id/textView1"
    15. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    16. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    17. android:text="Abhijeet's game of visibility" />
    19. <Button
    20. android:id="@+id/button1"
    21. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    22. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    23. android:layout_alignTop="@+id/textView1"
    24. android:layout_marginLeft="14dp"
    25. android:visibility="visible"
    26. android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView1"
    27. android:text="Button1" />
    29. <Button
    30. android:id="@+id/button2"
    31. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    32. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    33. android:layout_alignRight="@+id/button1"
    34. android:layout_below="@+id/button1"
    35. android:visibility="gone"
    36. android:layout_marginRight="40dp"
    37. android:text="Button2" />
    39. <Button
    40. android:id="@+id/button3"
    41. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    42. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    43. android:layout_alignRight="@+id/button2"
    44. android:layout_below="@+id/button2"
    45. android:visibility="gone"
    46. android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
    47. android:layout_marginTop="26dp"
    48. android:text="Button3" />
    50. </RelativeLayout>
    Output
    When clicking on Button1:
    When clicking on Button2:
    When clicking on Button3: