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Navigation Android locking menu

I'm using android Navigations for handeling my backstack.
I want to create a transition from the fragment data to fragment map.
Right now I have the problem, when I execute a Navigation Event from a button in my app like this:
NavController navController = Navigation.findNavController(view);
navController.navigate(LoadDataFragmentDirections.actionDataToMap());
I get navigated to my destination map. But I can't click data in my navigation menu anymore.
If I backpress, my view goes back to data like intended.
An then, the button data get's also clickable in the menu again.
Here is my navigation graph.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<navigation xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/mobile_navigation"
app:startDestination="#id/navigation_load_data">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/navigation_load_data"
android:name="com.example.axistracker.ui.app.open_data.LoadDataFragment"
android:label="#string/open_file"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_load_data">
<action
app:launchSingleTop="true"
app:popUpToInclusive="true"
android:id="#+id/action_data_to_map"
app:destination="#id/navigation_map" />
</fragment>
<fragment
android:id="#+id/navigation_map"
android:name="com.example.axistracker.ui.app.map.MapFragment"
android:label="#string/map"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_map" />
</navigation>
It feels like, I don't replicate the same behaviour with "navController.navigate(...)" as if I would just click in my menu.
I'm using:
implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:2.5.0'
implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:2.5.0'
I'm happy about any ideas!
PatPat

AdMob ad doesn't show until I reopen the app

I'm trying to put an AdMob banner into my app but half the time it doesn't show any content.
The AdListener even receives an call to onAdLoaded and I never get any error.
I noticed that if the ad isn't showing and I put the app in the background somehow the ad starts to show. For example if I:
close and reopen the app
start an fullscreen interstitial ad
start the in-app purchase overlay
All these actions trigger an update that somehow redraws/remeasures the views.
I tried many different things to simulate this in onAdLoaded.
Is it possible that AdMob can't find a matching ad even if I don't get any errors? According to the website the match rate is 98%. The number of impressions is about a third of the requests.
I found more posts with similar issues (all from ~7 years ago) but none of their answers worked in my case:
Admob not showing up until phone is locked
AdMob won't show the banner until refresh or sign in to google plus
Android AdMob: addView doesn't show ad until return to activity
Admob ads appear only after first refresh
I tried to get this to work for over two days. Please take a look at my code, I annotated it with explainations:
MainActivity:
private AdView adView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(getLayoutInflater());
setContentView(binding.getRoot());
if(privacyPolicyAcceptedAndHasNoPremium()){ //at first i check the shared preferences
binding.adPlaceholder.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); //the adPlaceholder starts as GONE when i set it to VISIBLE the rest of the content slides up
List<String> testDevices = Arrays.asList(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR, "...");
RequestConfiguration requestConfiguration = new RequestConfiguration.Builder().setTestDeviceIds(testDevices).build();
MobileAds.setRequestConfiguration(requestConfiguration);
MobileAds.initialize(MainActivity.this, initializationStatus -> {});
adView = new AdView(this); //i create the adView programmatically but using the xml view element causes the same problem
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.LARGE_BANNER);
adView.setAdUnitId("...");
adView.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
#Override
public void onAdLoaded() { // this gets called so i think the ad is successfully downloaded from the google server. i put all kinds of code in here to force the adView to show
//setContentView(binding.getRoot());
//binding.adPlaceholder.addView(new View(MainActivity.this));
//binding.adPlaceholder.forceLayout();
//binding.constraintLayout.requestLayout();
//adView.invalidate();
//adView.bringToFront();
//adView.setVisibility(AdView.GONE);
//adView.setVisibility(AdView.VISIBLE);
//adView.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
}
}
AdRequest.Builder adRequestBuilder = new AdRequest.Builder();
binding.adPlaceholder.addView(adView); //i add the adView into the empty LinearLayout. i tried to add it directly to binding.constraintLayout too.
adView.loadAd(adRequestBuilder.build());
}
activity_main.xml:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/constraintLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<!-- this is the empty container into which i load the ads. it sits at the bottom of the screen and is not visible before an ad is showing -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/adPlaceholder"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone" />
<!-- this MotionLayout contains the rest of the app (except the toolbar). it slides up when an ad is showing -->
<androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionLayout
android:id="#+id/motionLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layoutDescription="#xml/activity_main_scene"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/adPlaceholder"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
...
</androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionLayout>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application ...>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
android:value="..." />
...
</application>
Edit:

I finally found a way that works for me.
I'm just setting the window background color to the color that it already has. This is really fast and doesn't recreate the activity.
However I don't know why this works and why only this worked for me. I guess it updates the views in a similar way to the many other solutions from the other questions.
adView.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
#Override
public void onAdLoaded() {
super.onAdLoaded();
getWindow().setBackgroundDrawableResource(R.color.background);
}
}

Button OnClickListener giving ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN error

I'm trying to create a simple Android program. I've created an activity and added just one button on which I've set up an OnclickListener to print "Hello World" in the log, a simple task. But whenever I run the app, every time I click the button, I get the error "ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN".
I've tried to put my layout inside a FragmentLayout, or build another project, or update Android Studio, all of them are solutions recommended here. None of these have worked, I still get the same dreadful "ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN".
here's my java file
Button button;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
button= findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
System.out.print("Hello World");
}
});
}
and my xml file
`<FrameLayout xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="243dp"
android:text="Button" />
</RelativeLayout></FrameLayout>
If anyone could please help me resolve this issue, it would be greatly appreciated. OnclickListener has always worked smoothly for me but for some reason, now I can't do the most basic of tasks. Help!

Germain Edouard try to remove the backtick ` before the

Trying to call an activity with a button onClick

I've been racking my brain for the past two days trying to get a button to work.
Basically I want my button to call 'add a password function'.
If you like to view my entire code, its at github.com/servingbaby/UPM-Epassafe .
Here is my main.xml (The button shows up succesfully however when pushing it nothing happens)
main.xml
<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:id="#android:id/empty"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="2dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/no_accounts" />
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="#string/add_account" android:id="#+id/add" android:minWidth="125dip"></Button>
<ListView android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
Here is my AndroidManifest slimmed down to the parts I believe are where I am going wrong.
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.epassafe.upm"
android:versionCode="3"
android:versionName="1.2">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"></uses-permission>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" android:targetSdkVersion="16"/>
<application android:icon="#drawable/upm"
....>
<activity android:name=".AppEntryActivity">
</activity>
<activity android:name=".FullAccountList">
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchResults" />
</activity>
<activity android:name=".AddEditAccount">
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Here is my MainActivity.Java, where I believe I should be calling the correct code.
public abstract class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{`
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
final Button countButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);
countButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,AddEditAccount.class);
MainActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
}
But pushing the button nothing happens like I expect. No errors or force close, so Im really at a loss at the moment. Thankyou!
**Edit
Thank you all how attempt to help me. I have tried many of the suggested solutions and still haven't figured it out just yet. I have uploaded my files to github with some of the attempted edits I have made as commented. Basically I am just trying to figure out how to add a button and get it to run the necessary code to add an account. (The original code works well, but I would like to improve upon it. Sorry my competence level is still low, but trying to learn my best :) I would really appreciate if anyone could help me with this! Thank you^^
**Edit 2
Again Thankyou all for the advice and suggestions. I figured out a simple solution. I ended up using a Menu Wrapper to create a button click event, and also it turned out I was editing the wrong Java document, when I was suppose to be trying to add the correct code to another one that seem to almost be doing the same thing. Learn something new everyday.

I don't understand why you're implementing OnClickListener to your activity. Remove the implements OnClickListener from your activity. It should work fine.
But since you're doing this for don't-know-what reason, you should make your button clickable like this.
countButton.setOnClickListener(this);
public void onClick(View view)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,AddEditAccount.class);
MainActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
}

First of all you dont need to implement OnClickListener to set a a listner in your button. But maybe you have it for another reason, if not, remove it.
You are declaring wrong the names of the id of your xml i think, take a look at this:
Difference between "#id/" and "#+id/" in Android
May be because of the #android:id instead of #+id.

use this way call Intent
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, AddEditAccount.class);
startActivity(intent);

look at your list view
<ListView android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
you have given width and height as fill parent so your ListView is on your button so on the screen when you click on the button you are not actually clicking on the button. when you click a button the button color changes for a sec that is not happening in your case see it for your self. so remove the listview or set the height below the button and then check your button click will work

Styling tabs in android like the google open source contacts

I'm having troubles trying to style my tabs in android.
I want to make them look exactly the same as whats in the open source android contacts list (see https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Contacts
).
Problem is that when they display on the screen it looks a bit different to the contacts app.
When it should look like this:
Notice how the background colors are a little bit different and the text colors are different.
Not sure why this is the case as its basically the same code and icons.
My tab layout code is the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="0dp">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="0dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Which doesn't contain anything special there.. and the TabActivity is as follows:
public class TabbedActivity extends TabActivity implements
TabHost.OnTabChangeListener {
private TabHost tabHost;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
final Intent intent = getIntent();
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.tab);
tabHost = getTabHost();
tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(this);
setupLatestTab();
setupSavedTab();
tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
}
private void setupLatestTab() {
Intent intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ResultsActivity.class);
tabHost.addTab(tabHost
.newTabSpec("latest")
.setIndicator("Latest",
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_recent))
.setContent(intent));
}
private void setupSavedTab() {
Intent intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ResultsActivity.class);
tabHost.addTab(tabHost
.newTabSpec("saved")
.setIndicator("Saved",
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_starred))
.setContent(intent));
}
#Override
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
// Because we're using Activities as our tab children, we trigger
// onWindowFocusChanged() to let them know when they're active. This may
// seem to duplicate the purpose of onResume(), but it's needed because
// onResume() can't reliably check if a keyguard is active.
Activity activity = getLocalActivityManager().getActivity(tabId);
if (activity != null) {
activity.onWindowFocusChanged(true);
}
}
}
I am using the same images from the drawable folders too.
I know i can set the background of tabs manually by doing something like this in the tabactivity
tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildAt(index).setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#ff202020"));
But the contacts app isn't doing this sort of thing anywhere (most of the top tab code is in DialtactsActivity), so just want to do what the open source app is doing when displaying tabs - i'm not sure how and why the contacts application tabs look much better when im basically using the same code and resources.
I guess im just missing something trivial??

This turned out to be a problem with my minimum android version not being specified ..
Added:
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
to the androidmanifest and it worked fine. I guess it was reverting to the old tabs look and feel in earlier versions of android.