Android - Listen to a disabled button

Question

How can I respond to an event based on clicking a disabled Button. I have a requirement that I have to present Dialog, when a disabled Button

Answer 1

I solved this issue by using a flag to keep my button's state.

private boolean isMyButtonEnabled = false;

public void onMyButtonClick(View v) {
   if(isMyButtonEnabled){
      ..
   }
}

Answer 2

You can for example use #setActivated() method instead. Disabling a view will ignore all events. https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setActivated(boolean). Then you can customize text and background styles with android:state_activate attribute if you need:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_activated="false"
      android:color="@color/a_color" />
    <item android:state_activated="true"
      android:color="@color/another_color" />
</selector>