Can I make a button appear disabled and still listen for clicks?

Question

I\'d like to gray out a button so it appears disabled to the user, but still listen for clicks so that I can display a message to the user that explains why the button isn\'

Answer 1

If your button is on the newer types that controls color via backgroundTint rather then background, this is what you should do:

if (enabled) {
    ViewCompat.setBackgroundTintList(btn, getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.button_states)); // either use a single color, or a state_list color resource
} else {
    ViewCompat.setBackgroundTintList(btn, ColorStateList.valueOf(Color.GRAY));
}
// make sure we're always clickable
btn.setEnabled(true);
btn.setClickable(true);