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Make constraint layout untouchable

I have two layouts, manageLayout and mainLayout. They have constraints to the parent on all sides. I need in a one time have manageLayout on the top of mainLayout, and on the other time mainLayout on the top of manageLayout. Of course, there is sense in using visibility=gone on one of them, but i need one layout on the background of another. Problem: layout on the background handle events from top layout. How to make lower layout(and his elements) untouchable when another layout is risen?
Layout tree image:
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Code sample, where i want to disable communications with lower layout: https://pastebin.com/PeL7u3YD (not only isSaveEnabled=false had no effect, also isEnabled=false had no effects too)

If you just need an explanation.
Once you've initialized both your views for mainLayout and manageLayout, you will need to set an empty onClickListener on both of them. Basically, layouts should get the click but do nothing. This way you can block the layout and widgets underneath the view on Front from getting clicked.
Now for for switching view to front maintain a boolean to know which view is on the front and on your button click set the other view bringToFront() (Or try some other ways mentioned here if you want) and don't forget to switch the boolean value.
Let me know if this works for you or you have any issues regarding this.

According to my perception, you can make lower layout setEnable(false). I hope it will work.

Android draw outside the view

I would work with a piece of layout that isn't shown, the user must scroll to see what I have did. How can I do it? Can I join 2 different layout in one? I prefer to collocate item as I do with default layout. If it can help, I use Android studio. I prefer use elements without code, adding them from palette. An example :

You can use two different layout in main relative layout & whenever u want child layout just set visibility.

You will want to use a ScrollView for this. From the documentation:
Layout container for a view hierarchy that can be scrolled by the user, allowing it to be larger than the physical display.

Can components be interacted with when their visibility is set to GONE?

I could not find anything that straight out answers this question. If I set the component (such as a Button, ListView, EditText) in the xml with a visibility of GONE, am I still able to interact with those components even though they are invisible? I tested it out with a Button and it seems to be no but I want to make sure.

When the visibility is set to GONE, the component is removed from the view hierarchy and no space is set aside for it. Moreover, there is no way for the user to interact with it (However, changes made to the View by the programmer while it is GONE become manifest when the visibility is changed to VISIBLE).
When the visibility is set to INVISIBLE, the component is still actually present in the view hierarchy, and space is calculated for it.

Nested text view in android,with dynamic content

I want to display a recursive or nested text view at depth of 3 in Android.The text to be displayed is, dynamic coming from web service.
for example:
If I Click on Help(Level 1)
it'll show topics under Help
If I Click on Help_Topic_1(Level 2)
it'll show questions under Help_Topic_1
If I click on this question, say HT_Question_1(Level 3)
it'll show Answer of that question(Level 3)
how to accomplish with this? please guide me.

You should use ExpandableListView. Reference http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ExpandableListView.html
You can call expandGroup and collapseGroup methods for expanding and collapsing on clicks.

the simplest way to do this is to have a nested layout structure. Your root view will contain the button to show level 1 and a child layout and initially be visible. The children's layout visibility will initially be set to "GONE". In the onclick listener for each button you change the visibility of the layout below it to view to "VISIBLE".
This of course is a very simple way of doing it. If you require to have open and close animations you'll need to use a more complex method.

Android LinearLayout Visibility issues with Animation

I am trying to swap two LinearLayouts by setting their visibility properties to "VISIBLE" and "GONE" respectively. I am also using an animation while the layouts are being swapped. The animation completes successfully and I see the correct layout. However, the previous Layout which has its visibility property set to "GONE" still receives clicks even though it's not visible. At the same time, the layout which is "VISIBLE" receives clicks only when clicked in area where the "GONE" layout isn't clickable. I am also calling the requestFocus method on the "VISIBLE" layout. But it doesn't help.
Moreover, if I skip the animation part and just set the visibility properties, everything works correctly.
What am I missing here?

If you are animating widgets, you need to make changes to the layout to have the results "stick". Just using the fillAfter stuff will give you some of the effects you see -- it is drawing them in the new location but they aren't really in the new location.
So, I would start by turning off any fill* settings (e.g., fillAfter) in your animation. See what your animation behaves like then. Most likely, it visually will now depict what the clicks tell you.
Then, set up an AnimationListener to get control when the animation ends, and at that point, make real changes to the widgets and their containers to affect your end positions.
Here is a sample project that demonstrates what I mean, albeit in an overly complicated fashion, since I am animating a custom View rather than an off-the-shelf widget.