keep android button selected state

Question

I know this is a question that has been asked many times before, but I can\'t seem to solve it in my code. I have two buttons, and when one is pressed, I would like to keep

Answer 1

Here's a thought, disable the pressed button and enable the others. Have the disabled button layout similar to the pressed layout. The user will see it as pressed, but it's actually disabled.

Answer 2

Why are you using Buttons? CheckBox or RadioGroup is best solution for these case

checkBox.setChecked(false);

Answer 3

I know I'm late to the party but I tried doing the above and it was still acting like a temporary state (unless you want to keep your finger on it).

What worked for me is to have state_selected="true" in the XML file + imageButton.setSelected(true) in my java file. see below.

ibType1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
    ibType1.setSelected(true);
    ibType2.setSelected(false);
}//onClick
});

XML:

<item android:state_selected="true">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
    <corners android:radius="45dp" />
    <solid android:color="@color/colorAccent" />
    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000000"/>
</shape>

This will allow you to have image buttons or button with a specific background state selected programmatically up until you decide to selected another image button or button.

Answer 4

A checkbox could work, but if you're after a UI closer UISegmentedControl on iOS, which is possible wrapping all the buttons needed in a LinearLayout, then you could do something along the lines of:

public void onClick( View v ){
    if ( v.getID == R.id.btn1 ) {
        btn1.setEnabled(false);
        btn2.setEnabled(true);
        // do stuff
    }
    else if ( v.getId() == R.id.btn2 ) {
        btn2.setEnabled(false);
        btn1.setEnabled(true);
        // do stuff
    }
}

Of course, in your drawable folder, you would add background colour, borders, and other visual stuff for each state.

Answer 5

I searched on Google and found this Stack Overflow post:
How can i keep one button as pressed after click on it?

mycodes_Button.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        mycodes_Button.setPressed(true);
        return true;
    }
});

But read the comment, it's pretty interesting!