Can I hide an image button on a layout, (dimensions and background) until a call to set visible?

Question

I have a hidden image button in one of my xmls layouts, with a background set to a drawable image. I set the visibility to invisible, as I only want the image to display every

Answer 1

Don't set the width/height to zero, that's ugly. The view will always take up the space, unless you change the visibility setting. This is the code you want:

myImageButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);

View.GONE - invisible, takes up no space View.INVISIBLE - invisible, but still takes up space View.VISIBLE - use this to bring it back