FloatingActionButton setVisibility() not working

Question

I can\'t hide my FloatingActionButton. Here is my code:

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Answer 1

I ran into exactly the same issue. It would seem that Google's Android team doesn't want you to have control of the visibility when the FloatingActionButton is anchored to an AppBarLayout, as discussed in this issue - FloatingActionButton Ignores View Visibility

It looks like a viable fix is wrapping the FAB in a FrameLayout and setting the visibility on the wrapper instead, like this:

You may however wish to consider whether this is the ideal behaviour. Google advocates recommend that the FAB be visible as soon as the screen is created. If you're hiding it for longer than required to animate it in, consider showing a disabled state instead.