Overriding the View.GONE assignment with the View.INVISIBLE

The following are Jave code examples for showing how to use setVisibility() of the android.widget classes. Overriding the View.GONE assignment with the View.INVISIBLE setvisibility android. You can use the examples you like.

Read below to find out about the different options you have to identify the visibility status of a View. A View’s visibility status is of Integer type and can have one of three options.

View.VISIBLE

The View is visible to the user. The integer value for this is 0.

View.GONE

View.GONE makes the view invisible without the view taking up space in the layout. The integer value for this is 8.

View.INVISIBLE

View.INVISIBLE makes the view just invisible still taking up space. The integer value for this is 4.

@Override
public void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    final Activity activity = getActivity();

    Button button2 = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.stranger_button2);
    button2.setVisibility(View.GONE);


    Button add = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.stranger_button1);
    if (!checkPending(user)) {
        add.setText("Add");
        add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                addUser(user);
                getActivity().finish();
            }
        });
    } else {
        add.setText("Pending");
    }

    if (CurrentUserSingleton.getInstance().getUser().getFriends().contains(user)){
        Intent intent = new Intent(context, Profile.class);
        intent.putExtra("name", user);
        startActivity(intent);
        getActivity().finish();
    }

}

INVISIBLE Vs GONE

The major difference in between the invisible and gone:

INVISIBLE

This view is invisible, but it still takes up space for layout purposes.

GONE

This view is invisible, and it doesn't take any space for layout purposes.

The set visibility approach may also allow for easier implementation. For example, if a particular concrete class simply delegates the method to its composite classes, then set visibility means one less method to implement.