android layout hide/show views

Question

I have a linear vertical layout as below. I need in my application to switch the Button and the TextView. To hide button and show text then change etc. If I use setVisibilit

Answer 1

You should used setVisibility(View.GONE) instead of setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE).

For more information go to: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html

Answer 2

use-

button.setVisibility(View.GONE);

Answer 3

Suppose your created button is as follows...

Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.stopButton);

When you want to hide that Button write this...

button.setVisibility(View.GONE);

And when you want to show that button again then write...

button.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);