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Change layout_bellow attribute field to another field programmatically

Given the following code:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/rel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textPersonalInfoEmpty"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:hint="Edit to set your personal info"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:visibility="gone" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:hint="Name"
android:visibility="gone"
android:textSize="16sp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/insertGameId"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/editName"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:text="Insert" />
</RelativeLayout>
The TextView and the EditText are visible depending the user interaction and both will never be visible at the same time. One per time only!
The problem is the third component(Button) need to change the attribute android:layout_below depending on which component is visible.
I need to this programmatically.
Any help?

Use Relativelayout for your textview and edittext. And relativelayout's height:wrap-content
Then give an id to your relativelayout
and then add this line your xml file for your button
<Button
android:layout_below="#id/RealtiveLayoutid" />
Thats all

First, use a ToggleButton instead of Button. It can have all the attributes that you assigned to it.
Next add this to the ToggleButton:
<ToggleButton
....
android:textOn="#string/ifTextView"
android:textOff="#string/ifTextBox"
android:onClick="onToggleClicked"
/>
Then this for the activity
public void onToggleClicked(View v) {
boolean on = ((ToggleButton) v).isChecked();
if(on) {
theTextView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
theTextBox.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
} else {
theTextBox.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
theTextView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
}
Remember to import the required classes.

setVisibility(View.VISIBLE) doesn't always work. Ideas?

I am trying to show a pair of hidden buttons (using setVisibility(View.VISIBLE), within a RelativeLayout), but it doesn't always work. The button shows OK on a Galaxy Tab 10.1" but not in a smaller tablet (not sure which model), nor on an Android 4.0 emulator.
I randomly discovered that, for a certain TextView t, the following code causes the buttons to become visible:
t.setText(t.getText());
...
button.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
t is located in the same RelativeLayout but is not related to the buttons (their locations are independent and non-overlapping).
Edit: In case some Android dev wants to track this down...
I was able to reduce the code to the following layout that exhibits the problem on an Android 4.0.3 emulator but not a Galaxy Tab. I found that I need a SurfaceView or the problem does not occur (for example, change it to TextView and the problem disappears).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- layout/test.xml -->
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/mapCtrl"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_above="#+id/bottomPanel"
android:text="Placeholder"
android:layout_marginTop="18dip" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="#string/map_mode_title" />
<!--=================================================-->
<!-- Bottom bar: current road name and current speed -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomPanel"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#f228"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:textColor="#ffff" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnNavMode"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="3dip"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:text="Switch to\nNav Mode" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/currentStreetPanel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:onClick="onClick"
android:clickable="true"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentStreetHdg"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="Current street"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="10dip" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentStreet"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/currentStreetHdg"
android:layout_marginTop="-8dip"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Current street"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="30dip" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ff606060"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/yourSpeedHdg"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dip"
android:text="Your speed"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="10dip" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/speed"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/yourSpeedHdg"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dip"
android:layout_marginTop="-8dip"
android:text="0"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="30dip" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/speedUnit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/speed"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/speed"
android:text="kph"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="18dip" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<!--================-->
<!-- On-map buttons -->
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnClearRoute"
android:background="#F00"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Clear\nroute"/>
<ZoomControls
android:id="#+id/zoomControls"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/mapCtrl"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="-25dip"
android:orientation="horizontal" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnFindRoute"
android:layout_width="100dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/mapCtrl"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginRight="2dip"
android:layout_marginBottom="65dip"
android:text="Route to selected location"
android:textSize="17dip"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnUnselect"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/btnFindRoute"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/btnFindRoute"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="2dip"
android:text="Unselect" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/showMePanel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/btnFindRoute"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/btnFindRoute"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/btnFindRoute"
android:padding="4dip"
android:background="#bbbb"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Show me..."
android:textColor="#fff"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnShowVehicle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My car"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnShowRoute"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="The route"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnShowDestination"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Destination"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnShowMap"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="The map"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
The Activity class simply toggles the visibility of the two buttons when any of the buttons are clicked. Again, on some devices it works, on others it does not.
package mentor.simplegps;
import android.app.*;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.*;
import android.widget.*;
public class TestActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener
{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.test);
boilerplate();
setVisibilities();
}
Button _btnShowMap, _btnShowVehicle, _btnShowRoute, _btnShowDestination;
Button _btnUnselect, _btnFindRoute, _btnNavMode;
TextView _title;
void boilerplate()
{
_btnUnselect = attachBtn(R.id.btnUnselect);
_btnShowMap = attachBtn(R.id.btnShowMap);
_btnShowVehicle = attachBtn(R.id.btnShowVehicle);
_btnShowRoute = attachBtn(R.id.btnShowRoute);
_btnShowDestination = attachBtn(R.id.btnShowDestination);
_btnFindRoute = attachBtn(R.id.btnFindRoute);
_btnNavMode = attachBtn(R.id.btnNavMode);
_title = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.title);
}
private Button attachBtn(int btnId) {
Button b = (Button)findViewById(btnId);
b.setOnClickListener(this);
return b;
}
boolean haveSel;
public void onClick(View v)
{
haveSel = !haveSel;
setVisibilities();
}
void setVisibilities()
{
_btnFindRoute.setVisibility(haveSel ? View.VISIBLE : View.INVISIBLE);
_btnUnselect.setVisibility (haveSel ? View.VISIBLE : View.INVISIBLE);
// Fixes the problem
//_title.setText(_title.getText());
}
}

SurfaceView is the sole culprit (of course, this also applies to GLSurfaceView, RSSurfaceView and VideoView, all of which inherits from SurfaceView). It exposes lots of weird behaviours when dealing with other views on top of it. Playing with View.setVisibility() is one of those issues. Clearly, SurfaceView has not been designed to be used with other views (even though the official doc says it ought to be) but as a standalone view for videos, games or OpenGL stuffs.
For the visibility issue, I've found that using View.GONE instead of View.INVISIBLE resolve it. If you don't want to use GONE, try changing the focus for example (and back to the one that had focus before), or changing other states. The goal is to wake up the underlying UI system somehow.
In short: when something weird happens with your views and you have a SurfaceView (or subclass) somewhere, try replacing it with something else so you don't lose hours searching what you're doing wrong when you're doing it right (and no false beliefs). This way, you know SurfaceView is to blame and you can hack around it with beautiful comments to piss on it without qualms.

For the record: I had this problem, tried a bunch of random stuff (thanks Alex!), and in my case what solved it was doing seekBar.requestLayout() directly after the setVisible on the very seekbar that was refusing to show.

This is my Solution
setAlpha(0)
btnName.setAlpha(0)
Is working for all views like => Buttons - Images - Texts and ...

In my case View.VISIBLE/View.GONE was not working always. When I switched my toggle to View.VISIBLE/View.INVISIBLE it started to work as intended.

I (annoyingly) had similar difficulty with having a button on top of a SurfaceView preview and had to put the Button in a RelativeLayout and make the RelativeLayout VISIBLE/INVISIBLE. Might be worth a shot for anyone else having the same issue.
...And I also had to programatically call the layout to be brought to from: buttonLayout.bringToFront() right after findViewById.

Button Inside Android ListView doesnt respond to clicks

I have a default ListView that i have added my custom views for the list items, but the buttons inside of these views are not clickable most of the time. I output a Log.v when the button receives a click event, but i have to tap the button almost a dozen times before it will register the click.
The other problem related tot his that i am having is that when the button is pressed i want an animation to happen revealing a menu sliding out from beneath it. At the moment i have tried several different methods like making a custom class for the views versus just using a layout inflater to get the relativeLayout object for the view, but nothing is working properly. I have even tried using listview.getAdapter().notifyDataSetChanged(); but that only has a pop-into-place for the extended view when i want an animation.
I have searched everywhere and it seems like the only possible solutions are to either rewrite my own custom listview or to use a linearlayout with a scrollview. The latter seems easier but i dont think it is nearly as optimized as the listview is.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, if you need to see some code, please let me know...
Thanks!
UPDATE:
the getView() contains this:
Holder hold;
convertView = friends.get(position);
hold = new Holder();
hold.pos = position;
convertView.setTag(hold);
return convertView;
basically i pass an ArrayList<RelativeLayout>, at the moment, to the Adapter so that i dont have to create a new view each time and so that the animation will stay animated when i scroll down...
inside the OnCreate() for this activity i set that ArrayList<RelativeLayout> with this next code, but this is only temporary as i plan to use another method later, like an Async task or something so that this view contains some data...
RelativeLayout temp;
for(int i=0; i<30; i++){
temp = (RelativeLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
final LinearLayout extraListItemInfo = (LinearLayout) temp.findViewById(R.id.extraListItemInfo);
Button infoBtn = (Button) temp.findViewById(R.id.infoBtn);
infoBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.v("ListItem", "Button has been clicked... ");
extraListItemInfo .setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
ExpandAnimation closeAnim = new ExpandAnimation(extraListItemInfo , animHeight);
closeAnim.setDuration(750);
closeAnim.setFillAfter(true);
if(extraListItemInfo .getTag() == null || !extraListItemInfo .getTag().equals("expanded")){
extraListItemInfo .getLayoutParams().height = 0;
friendInfoList.startAnimation(closeAnim.expand());
extraListItemInfo .setTag("expanded");
}else if(extraListItemInfo .getTag().equals("expanded")){
extraListItemInfo .startAnimation(closeAnim.collapse());
extraListItemInfo .setTag("closed");
}
//((BaseAdapter) listview.getAdapter()).notifyDataSetChanged(); i tried it here once but then left it
//as the only action inside the listview's onitemclick()
}
});
listItems.add(temp);
}
this is the list item that i am using:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/darkgrey"
android:paddingBottom="5dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/extraListItemInfo "
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/listItemInfo"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="-10dp"
android:background="#color/grey"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout04"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/activity_list_height"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ImageView04"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/logo_d" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView04"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ImageView04"
android:text="TextView"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="17dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout03"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/activity_list_height" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ImageView03"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/logo_d" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView03"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ImageView03"
android:text="TextView"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="17dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout02"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/activity_list_height" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ImageView02"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/logo_d" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView02"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ImageView02"
android:text="TextView"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="17dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/activity_list_height" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/logo_d" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/imageView1"
android:text="TextView"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="17dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout01"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/activity_list_height">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ImageView01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/logo_d" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ImageView01"
android:text="TextView"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="17dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/listItemInfo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="95dp"
android:background="#drawable/friend_cell_background2x"
android:clickable="true" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/leftLayout"
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCompany"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="#drawable/user2x" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/online_indicator2s" />
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/leftLayout"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:gravity="left|center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lblCompanyName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Contact Name"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lblReawrdDesc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Last Played Offer"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="17dp" >
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView4"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/facebook_btn2x" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/infoBtn"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/imageView4"
android:background="#drawable/info_btn2x"
android:clickable="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="13dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/infoBtn"
android:text="Follows 30+"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="11dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="75dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/textView2"
android:background="#drawable/fan_btn2x"
android:text="Fans 30+"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="11dp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView5"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imageView4"
android:src="#drawable/google_btn2x" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
sorry for any layout problems that may make things difficult to read... but i hope this helps you guys to understand my problem... Thanks
UPDATE 2:
All of these answers have been helpful in some way, but i think the main issue that i must first fix is why the buttons do not receive click events until i have first scrolled away from that listItem, then back to it, then clicked the button again... If someone can help find a solution to THAT i think that everything else will be much easier to solve...
Thanks...
A screenshot as requested, but remember that this shot was taken on a samsung galaxy tab 10.1 and due to me using the same layout for this larger screen, it looks much different from what it does on the phone i usually test with (Motorola droid x that isnt rooted and cant take screenshots...)
Another Update:
I managed to get the clicking and animation working nicely by Extending ArrayAdapter instead of base adapter. Sadly i am still experiencing problems as only the bottom half of the list is clickable. The top half of the list still behaves as before with the very glitchy click events... Any ideas as to what is happening this time? Thanks...

Well this isn't really an answer, but after rewriting this a few times I managed to fix it so that it functions exactly the way I wanted.
This time I left all of the data separate from each view and had each list item be a custom class inheriting RelativeLayout and also implementing its own OnClickListener for its specific infoBtn.
My adapter now simply extends ArrayAdapter<> and overrides this getView() method:
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
if(convertView != null && (convertView instanceof FriendListItem2))
((FriendListItem2) convertView).setFriendInfo(friends.get(position));
else
convertView = new FriendListItem2(getContext(), friends.get(position));
return convertView;
}
Finally, in the main activity for this page I simply set the ListView with an adapter that I passed the data to.
This is all much cleaner than I had before and I wish it hadn't taken several rewrites of the code to get it right. Hopefully someone can benefit from this, though I still have no clue why I was getting a problem before.
Thanks for all previous suggestions.

try using this property in the top level layout in which your child views are placed.
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
Its a bit tricky but I would suggest that if the above line does not work, try toggling between the removing of focusable=true and focusable="false" from the buttons. It should work.
Cheers!

That is a complex layout to create for every row...
Anyway, when you use the new keyword you are creating a different scope. In short your onClickListener does not see the 30 different extraListItemInfo references you expect it to see.
Try something like this:
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
LinearLayout extraListItemInfo = v.getParent();
...

add android:onClick="onClick" to your button xml, it'll make it call the onClick() method

I had the same problem. Try taking the "android:clicable="true" " from the Relative Layout. When you do that the activity expects you to do make setOnClickListener to that RelativeLayout . It worked for me

you can fire click event on button from getView() method of ListViewAdapter Class.
See this question
Android : How to set onClick event for Button in List item of ListView.

How do I add a graphic overlay on an activity? Android

I am trying to have a picture show up in the middle of the screen guiding people what to press (eg an arrow to a button). What do I use so that the arrow design will show up at the appropriate spot and dissapear after I do something (like press the screen)
Thanks!
EDIT
Here is the xml layout for one of my activities, note the imageview at the bottom, it shows the picture in the front
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="45dp" android:background="#drawable/mytitlebackground" android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1">
<ImageButton android:id="#+id/btnAddFriends"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:src="#android:drawable/ic_input_add"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"></ImageButton>
<TextView android:id="#+id/textView1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="#string/imTracking" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"></TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
<Button android:id="#+id/btnUpdateLocation" android:text="Update Location"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"></Button>
<ImageButton android:src="#drawable/mapbutton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/btnMaps"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignTop="#+id/btnUpdateLocation"></ImageButton>
<ImageButton android:text="Refresh"
android:src="#android:drawable/stat_notify_sync" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/btnRefresh" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"></ImageButton>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_above="#+id/btnUpdateLocation" android:id="#+id/linearLayout1">
<ListView android:id="#+id/imtrackinglistview"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"></ListView>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView android:id="#+id/iVImtrackingpopup" android:layout_width="300dp" android:layout_height="330dp" android:src="#drawable/imtrackinghelp_en" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"></ImageView>
When I try to "click" the relative layout to make the image invisible, it doesn't work unless I click the top of the layout
RelativeLayout Imtrackingrelativelayout=(RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.relativeLayoutImtracking);
Imtrackingrelativelayout.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
ImageView imtrackingoverlay=(ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iVImtrackingpopup);
imtrackingoverlay.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
});

make the image centre aligned and put click listener over root layout and on click make this image invisible......Better to use relative layout for this.....

Have you tried using the ShowcaseView library? It offers a more cleaner approach to what you are trying to achieve
Check out the project here:-
https://github.com/amlcurran/ShowcaseView

How to invisible line in list view for android Honey comb

I m creating an app in that app i want to invisible this Mr. bla bla two line when i clicked on chat image.
any suggestion will be appriciate.
thanks in advance.
this is my xml file.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/task_list_frag_list_message_layout"
android:background="#EBEBEB"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:descendantFocusability ="blocksDescendants"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/task_list_text"
android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/task_list_chat_persion1"
android:text="Mr. Test : "
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:textColor="#color/sky_blue_color"
/>
<TextView android:textColor="#color/black_color"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/task_list_chat_text1"
android:text="A send you a data file kindly get it."
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/task_list_chat_persion1"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/task_list_chat_persion2"
android:text="Mr. me : "
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/task_list_chat_persion1"
android:textColor="#color/sky_blue_color"
/>
<TextView android:textColor="#color/black_color"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/task_list_chat_text2"
android:text="I got the data file and i have some doubt in them"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/task_list_chat_persion1"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/task_list_chat_persion2"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
this two lines are ij relative latout.

I think you want this ...
just need to add onClick() event on chat image and then on clicking set visibility of TextView to invisible by code.
TextView _text= (TextView)findViewById(R.id.task_list_chat_text);
_text.setVisibility(TextView.INVISIBLE);

When you click on chat button in the list view you should setTest="" blank for both remove it.
It may be solution of this problem.