android: how to change layout on button click?

Question

I have to following code for selecting layout on button click.

View.OnClickListener handler = new View.OnClickListener(){
    public void onClick(View v) {

         


        

Answer 1

  Button btnDownload = (Button) findViewById(R.id.DownloadView);
  Button btnApp = (Button) findViewById(R.id.AppView);

  btnDownload.setOnClickListener(handler);
  btnApp.setOnClickListener(handler);

  View.OnClickListener handler = new View.OnClickListener(){

  public void onClick(View v) {

    if(v==btnDownload){ 
            // doStuff
            Intent intentMain = new Intent(CurrentActivity.this , 
                                           SecondActivity.class);
            CurrentActivity.this.startActivity(intentMain);
            Log.i("Content "," Main layout ");
    }

    if(v==btnApp){ 
            // doStuff
            Intent intentApp = new Intent(CurrentActivity.this, 
                                          ThirdActivity.class);

            CurrentActivity.this.startActivity(intentApp);

            Log.i("Content "," App layout ");

    }
   }
  };

Note : and then you should declare all your activities in the manifest .xml file like this :

<activity android:name=".SecondActivity" ></activity>
<activity android:name=".ThirdActivity" ></activity>

EDIT : update this part of Code :) :

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);// Add THIS LINE

    setContentView(R.layout.app);

    TextView tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.thetext);
    tv.setText("App View yo!?\n");
}

NB : check this (Broken link) Tutorial About How To Switch Between Activities.

Answer 2

I think what you're trying to do should be done with multiple Activities. If you're learning Android, understanding Activities is something you're going to have to tackle. Trying to write a whole app with just one Activity will end up being a lot more difficult. Read this article to get yourself started, then you should end up with something more like this:

View.OnClickListener handler = new View.OnClickListener(){
    public void onClick(View v) {

        switch (v.getId()) {

            case R.id.DownloadView: 
                // doStuff
                startActivity(new Intent(ThisActivity.this, DownloadActivity.class));
                break;
            case R.id.AppView: 
                // doStuff
                startActivity(new Intent(ThisActivity.this, AppActivity.class));
                break;
        }
    }
};

findViewById(R.id.DownloadView).setOnClickListener(handler);
findViewById(R.id.AppView).setOnClickListener(handler);

Answer 3

First I would suggest putting a Log in each case of your switch to be sure that your code is being called.

Then I would check that the layouts are actually different.

Answer 4

The logcat shows the error, you should call super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) :

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    //... your code
}

Answer 5

It is very simple, just do this:

t4.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            launchQuiz2();          // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        private void launchQuiz2() {
            Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Quiz2.class);
            startActivity(i);
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

    });

Answer 6

I know I'm coming to this late, but what the heck.

I've got almost the exact same code as Kris, using just one Activity but with 2 different layouts/views, and I want to switch between the layouts at will.

As a test, I added 2 menu options, each one switches the view:

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.item1:
                setContentView(R.layout.main);
                return true;
            case R.id.item2:
                setContentView(R.layout.alternate);
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

Note, I've got one Activity class. This works perfectly. So I have no idea why people are suggesting using different Activities / Intents. Maybe someone can explain why my code works and Kris's didn't.