How to make android buttons switch different XML layouts? - android

I just started some android programming recently and I am creating a small project app.
I have a few different XML Layout files and want my button to go to that layout. However, when I press the button on the emulator I get this message "Unfortunately "MyApp" Has stopped".
Here is my Main Activity Class:
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//Shows the Activities screen.
Button Button1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.Button1);
Button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this,ActivityList.class);
startActivity(i);
}
});
}
This is my XML CODE for the Button:
android:id="#+id/Button1"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="55dp"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/Menutxt"
android:layout_below="#+id/Menutxt"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/Choose_Activity"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:typeface="serif"
I was wondering if anyone could help me out here, been trying to do this for a few hours and cannot get past it. Thanks.

add this to the layout of the activity that you wish to open. it should go at the top: tools:context=".activity" >
e.g.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
tools:context=".activity" >
replace "activity" with the name of your activity

You did not show us your ActivityList.class , maybe you have created and extends Activity, but make sure that in your AndroidManifest.xml has this code:
activity android:name=".ActivityList"

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button onclick from a layout file

so I was working on some basics of android when I stumbled upon this. I am trying to implement a listview(having its layout stored in file eachrow.XML)and a button on my app such that when the user clicks one button "schoollife", the listview automatically imports layout stored from other file "eachrow2.XML".
the layout of eachrow.xml consists of buttons only, while the layout of eachrow2.xml consists of buttons.
Everything seems to work fine, the user clicking the button imports the other layout , but the problem starts when user tries to click buttons from the second layout. in the error logs, it is stating that the button 'subject' causing a null pointer exception
eachrow.xml:
eachrow2.xml:
===========codes========
eachrow2.xml
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:id="#+id/subjectbutton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:padding="1dp"
android:layout_margin="1dp"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary"
android:textColor="#color/white"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/marksbox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:text="click the button to show marks of each subject"
android:textAlignment="center"
/>
</LinearLayout>
mainactivity.java:
package com.example.ansh.reportcard;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.HashMap;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener{
private ListView l;
private String[] d_myself;
private ArrayAdapter adp;
private HashMap<String,String> d_school;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
l=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.a_list);
d_myself= new String[]{"something"
};
d_school=new HashMap<>();
d_school.put("A","B");
Button B_myself= (Button)findViewById(R.id.myself);
B_myself.setOnClickListener(this);
Button B_school=(Button)findViewById(R.id.school);
B_school.setOnClickListener(this);
Button subject=(Button)findViewById(R.id.subjectbutton);
subject.setOnClickListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
if(view.getId()==R.id.myself){
adp=new ArrayAdapter(MainActivity.this,R.layout.eachrow,R.id.textView,d_myself);
l.setAdapter(adp);
}
if (view.getId()==R.id.school){
adp=new ArrayAdapter(MainActivity.this,R.layout.eachrow2,R.id.subjectbutton,d_school.keySet().toArray());
l.setAdapter(adp);
}
if (view.getId()==R.id.subjectbutton){
Button tmp=(Button)view;
CharSequence x=tmp.getText();
TextView t= (TextView) findViewById(R.id.marksbox);
t.setText(d_school.get(x.toString()));
}
}
}
According to my understanding to your question, You declaring the Button from the xml file activity_main.xml, Instead you should find it from the eachrow2.xml file.
The subjectbutton is in the eachrow2.xml so you need to find the view from this file only instead activity_main.xml.

Android project display error on R.id.button

I surdenly noticed that My project starts throwing error anytime I try to access a resources that is a button. It underlines R.id.button. I dont understand why. I even deleted the last xml that I created but problem persist.
This is an example of my xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/layoutborder"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/chat"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:text="#string/stepone"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#color/wine" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:src="#drawable/ai" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/drugdetails"
style="#style/smallButtonStyleBlackpearl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="#string/nextbut" />
</LinearLayout>
My Java code
package com.example.rhemahealthcare;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity;
import com.example.rhemahealthcare.R;
public class SteponeActivity extends SherlockActivity{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.steponeactivity);
final Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v){
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent intent = new Intent(SteponeActivity.this,SteptwoActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
}
i think you change any button1 id buy clicking right click and choose edit id. this option changes all the ids with that name in all the layouts.
As #Aleks G gussed it right in the comment, you don't have any button with id as button1 in your xml file. You've mentioned it :
final Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
Use the appropriate ID or put one in your layout file.
I have figured out the problem. My button ids were automatically change to button1 so they did not reference their previous ids that I gave to them. Thanks alot

Runtime Android exception after pressing a button to go to next Activity

I have this code:
package com.problemio;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class ProblemioActivity extends Activity
{
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button addProblemButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.add_problem_button);
Button browseProblemsButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.browse_problems_button);
Button searchProblemsButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.search_problems_button);
Button myProblemsButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.my_problems_button);
addProblemButton.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent myIntent = new Intent(ProblemioActivity.this, AddProblemActivity.class);
ProblemioActivity.this.startActivity(myIntent);
}
});
}
}
It compiles fine and displays the addProblemButton button, but when that button is clicked, the system gives a runtime exception.
Here is the AddProblemActivity class:
package com.problemio;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class AddProblemActivity extends Activity
{
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
//TextView text = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(R.id.addProblemText);
//text.setText(R.string.addProblemText);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText("Please Add a Problem");
setContentView(tv);
}
}
and here is the layout main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="First, add the problem you want to solve!"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/add_problem_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add a Problem You Want To See Solved"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/add_problem_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add a Problem"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/browse_problems_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Browse Problems"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/search_problems_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Search Problems"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/my_problems_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="View My Problems"
/>
</LinearLayout>
any idea what might be going wrong? By the way, I can't seem to locate the stack trace of the exception. Where should I look for that in Eclipse? All it currently shows me is AndroidRuntimeException - dalvik.system.NativeStart.main
Thanks!!
The only problem I can think of is that your Activity "AddProblemActivity" is not register in the manifest.
See the logs under LogCat...you will find it in Window >Show View >Android > LogCat

Android Null Pointer Exception Button

Ok this may seem like a pointless example but if I can figure this out then the program I am trying to make will work. So I have two activities test and test two each with one button.
Test 1:
package thompson.cameron.com;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
public class Test extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
View button = findViewById(R.id.testButton);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
}
public void onClick(View v){
Intent i = new Intent(this, Test2.class);
startActivity(i);
}
}
and test2
package thompson.cameron.com;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
public class Test2 extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main2);
View test = findViewById(R.id.testButton);
test.setOnClickListener(this);
}
public void onClick(View v){
switch (v.getId()){
case R.id.testButton:
System.exit(1);
}
}
}
When I click the button on Test it is supposed to launch test2 however it is at this point I get an null pointer exception that I have narrowed down to test.setOnClickListener(this); line of code. Below are my two xml files for the layout. I can get the button to work when I only have one activity but as soon as I add a second activity with a different layout file it all falls apart
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<Button
android:id="#+id/testButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TEST TEST TEST"/>
</LinearLayout>
main2.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<Button
android:id="#+id/testButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TEST2 TEST2 TEST2"/>
</LinearLayout>
I'm still new at Android programming so thanks for all your help.
Open the Debug perspective in Eclipse
Choose the 'Breakpoints' view tab.
Select the 'Add Java Exception Breakpoint' and choose
NullPointerException.
Launch your activity, either by using 'Debug As...' or attaching
the debugger to a running instance via DDMS.
Execute the offending workflow. It will break on the line that
caused the NullPointerException.
In your test.java file give:
implements View.OnClickListener
Initialize your button as:
Button testButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.testButton);
and inside your onClick method, check whether you are clicking button:
if(v == testButton) {
//give ur intent code
}
There are different ways to perform onClick functionality.
One is the above method which I have mentioned.
Another one is what ankit has mentioned.
Third way is through your layout.
Inside your layout for your button tag, you may give as:
<Button android:id="#+id/testButton" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="Click" android:onClick="onTestButtonClick" />
And inside your class just mention the below details for button:
public void onTestButtonClick(View view) {
//give your intent code
}
You may refer to the link also:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/10/ui-framework-changes-in-android-16.html
Make sure that both activities are register at the application's manifest file.
As a side note never call System.exit in your code. You can call finish() to close an Activity and this will bring at the front the previous Activity on the stack.
The issue here is that you haven't typecasted your views to buttons.
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button; // Needed to add this import for the button casting below
public class Test extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// I have changed View to Button and then typecasted
// with the "(Button)" the return of findViewById
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.testButton);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
}
public void onClick(View v){
Intent i = new Intent(this, Test2.class);
startActivity(i);
}
}
Let me know if you have any issues with this. I just completed my first experiment through using the onClickListener implementation through the main class instead of individual anonymous listeners.
Andrew
I had the same problem, you may put the same content view that the button,
setContentView(R.layout.main); if the button is in that content view, in other case, you will put:
setContentView(R.layout.buttoncontentview);
View button = findViewById(R.id.testButton);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
public void onClick(View v){
Intent i = new Intent(this, Test2.class);
startActivity(i);
}
setContentView(R.layout.main);
sorry for my bad english, but i'm spanish
Implement OnClickListener interface
and set button.setOnClickListener(this);
and override
public void onClick(View v) {
}
I think your buttons IDs need to be different in different activities. R.id.testButton would refer to only one button.
The final solution is that you may modify the AndroidManifest.xml file, i finally solved my error in this link How to register a new activity in AndroidManifest.xml?
You can try this.it may work.
package thompson.cameron.com;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
public class Test extends Activity{
private Button button;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
button = findViewById(R.id.testButton);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View arg0) {
Intent i=new Intent().setClass(Test.this,Test2.class);
startActivity(i);
}
});
}
}
First of all in main.xml and main2.xml chage the button's ids like in below code.
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<Button
android:id="#+id/testButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TEST TEST TEST"/>
</LinearLayout>
main2.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<Button
android:id="#+id/testButton1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TEST2 TEST2 TEST2"/>
</LinearLayout>
It throws nullpointerexception because of id confict with each other so in your java file use following code to find button.
In Activity 1
Button button = findViewById(R.id.testButton);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
and
In Activity 2
Button button = findViewById(R.id.testButton1);
button.setOnClickListener(this);

Basic ImageButton onClick event not firing - surely something simple?

I'm trying to get a simple onClick to fire from an ImageButton - it seems like a simple enough task, but I'm obviously missing something here.
Here is my java file:
package com.jlbeard.android.testapp;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class testapp extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
//handle the button press
ImageButton mainButton = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.mainButton);
mainButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//show message
Toast.makeText(testapp.this, "Button Pressed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
});
}
}
Here is my layout file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/whereToEat"
android:src="#drawable/where_to_eat"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="8px"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/mainButton"
android:src="#drawable/main_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#null"
android:clickable="true"
android:onClick="mainButtonClick"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
It seems to me that I'm missing something simple... but can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!
You didn't run show() method on Toast object. Very common mistake :-)
You also might have a problem due to the manifest setting onClick
android:onClick="mainButtonClick"
If mainButtonClick exists on post 1.5 devices it may be called instead, overriding the one you're setting in code
In my case, the imageButton was displayed behind a list. Because the list was empty, the ImageButton was seen but onClick was never fired.
Adding android:elevation="5dp" in the screen xml solve my problem
Note that if I use Button instead of ImageButton, elevation is not required.

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