How to add a button dynamically in Android?

Question

How to add a button dynamically in Android?

Answer 1

try this:

for (int i = 1; i <= 20; i++) {
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    Button btn = new Button(this);
    btn.setId(i);
    final int id_ = btn.getId();
    btn.setText("button " + id_);
    btn.setBackgroundColor(Color.rgb(70, 80, 90));
    linear.addView(btn, params);
    btn1 = ((Button) findViewById(id_));
    btn1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Toast.makeText(view.getContext(),
                    "Button clicked index = " + id_, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                    .show();
        }
    });
}

Answer 2

public void add_btn() {

    lin_btn.setWeightSum(3f);
    for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams params1 = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        params1.setMargins(10, 0, 0, 10);
        params1.weight = 1.0f;

        LinearLayout ll;
        ll = new LinearLayout(this);
        ll.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
        ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
        ll.setLayoutParams(params1);

        final Button btn;
        btn = new Button(DynamicActivity.this);

        btn.setText("A"+(j+1));
        btn.setTextSize(15);
        btn.setId(j);
        btn.setPadding(10, 8, 10, 10);

        ll.addView(btn);

        lin_btn.addView(ll);


        btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

                if(v.getId()==0)
                {
                    txt_text.setText("Hii");
                }else if(v.getId()==1)
                {
                    txt_text.setText("hello");
                }else if(v.getId()==2)
                {
                    txt_text.setText("how r u");
                }



            }
        });
    }

}

Answer 3

In mainactivity.xml write:

<Button
    android:id="@+id/search"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Search" 
    android:visibility="invisible"/>

In main.java write:

Button buttonSearch;
buttonSearch = (Button)findViewById(R.id.search);
buttonSearch.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

Answer 4

You could create a base layout for your button and dynamically change only what is specific, like this project I made to run different exercises from a Material Design course I'm taking:

In this example, I use a preconfigured AppCompatButton:

layout_base_button.xml

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/btn_base"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
    style="@style/RaisedButton"
    >

</android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton>


<style name="RaisedButton" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
    <item name="android:textSize">11sp</item>
    <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
</style>

And in the MainActivity I created some instances and changed what I need, like the button text and onClick event:

<ScrollView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="udemy.android.materialdesign.MainActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/base_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        >

    </LinearLayout>


</ScrollView>



public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        LinearLayout baseLayout = findViewById(R.id.base_layout);

        baseLayout.addView(createButton("TextFields", baseLayout,
                view -> startActivity(createIntent(TextFieldsActivity.class))
        ));

        baseLayout.addView(createButton("Buttons", baseLayout,
                view -> startActivity(createIntent(ButtonsActivity.class))
        ));

        baseLayout.addView(createButton("Toolbar", baseLayout,
                view -> startActivity(createIntent(ToolbarActivity.class))
        ));

    }

    private View createButton(String text, LinearLayout baseLayout, View.OnClickListener onClickEvent) {
        View inflated = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.layout_base_button, baseLayout, false);
        AppCompatButton btnBase = inflated.findViewById(R.id.btn_base);

        btnBase.setText(text);
        btnBase.setOnClickListener(onClickEvent);
        return btnBase;
    }

    private Intent createIntent(Class<?> cls) {
        return new Intent(this, cls);
    }
}

Sorry for being late...

Answer 5

for (int k = 1; k < 100; k++) {
    TableRow row = new TableRow(this);

    innerloop:
    for (int l = 1; l < 4; l++) {
        btn = new Button(this);
        TableRow.LayoutParams tr = new TableRow.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        layout.setWeightSum(12.0f);
        tr.weight = 0;
        btn.setLayoutParams(tr); 
        btn.setTextColor(a);
        btn.setHeight(150);

        btn.setWidth(150);
        btn.setId(idb);
        btn.setText("Button " + idb);
        row.addView(btn);
    }
}

Answer 6

Try this:

LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.layout);

Button btn = new Button(this);
btn.setText("Manual Add");
btn.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
ll.addView(btn);