Android: Making changes to a button's parent view

Question

I have a RelativeLayout with a button inside it. Once the user clicks on that button, I would like to change the background of the parent view (RelativeLayout). I know I can do

Answer 1

Try View.getParent():

Button yourBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.your_btn);
RelativeLayout yourRelLay = (RelativeLayout) yourBtn.getParent();