I'm just started to make my first android app and I'm trying to get more familiar with the basic principles of android developing. So, in no time my MainActivity exploded with lines of code. To make my code more maintainable, i'm trying to put pieces of code in different activities. Also according to the design principles of android: Don't Overload a Single Activity Screen
Now I'm struggling to use different activities with a single XML layout. I found some similar cases here like: this one But i'm also reading here that I should use fragments. I can't see how to work this out properly.
The specific problem I encounter with my code is that the second activity should change the background of the imageview to normal with the setImageResource, but it doesn't.
My code:
package com.test.scores;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
private ImageButton btn1, btn2;
int varMinusScore;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
btn1 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn1);
btn1.setOnClickListener(this);
btn2 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn2);
btn2.setOnClickListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.btn1:
varMinusScore = 1;
startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ResetImageResources.class));
btn1.setImageResource(R.drawable.btn01p);
}
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.btn2:
varMinusScore = 2;
startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ResetImageResources.class));
btn2.setImageResource(R.drawable.btn02p);
}
}
}
And the second activity:
package com.test.scores;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
public class ResetImageResources extends Activity {
private ImageButton btn1, btn2;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
btn1 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn1);
btn2 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn2);
btn1.setImageResource(R.drawable.btn01);
btn2.setImageResource(R.drawable.btn02);
finish();
}
}
Activities are absolutely isolated from each others. The same XML file which you are setting as a content of each activity doesn't mean that it same/shared instance of layout. You should think not in terms of layouts, but in terms of activities.
In your case you just start second Activity, change background of buttons here, then go back and see first Activity. Any changes in second Activity would not be mirrored somewhere else. That's it.
Try this:
Insert a button to finish in second activity. Use finish() under the button interface button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){} ); then you'll clearly notice the difference between the backgrounds. Only if you click you can go back to main activity.
Related
I'm trying to develop a game app. At the gameover screen, I want to have a button that goes back to the start when you click it. But the problem is, it doesn't work. I really don't know why it doesn't work, I have tried everything but can't find the problem. Can someone help me?
import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
public class GameOver extends AppCompatActivity {
MediaPlayer gameoversound;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.gameover);
Button weiter_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.weiter);
weiter_button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) { goToMainActivity(); }
});
}
private void goToMainActivity() {
Intent back = new Intent( this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(back);
}
}
Change this to GameOver.this
You don't have to cast widgets explicitly anymore, except for some special cases. It has been this way for a while.
If the game is over, you'd best insert a finish(); after launching the main Activity. You don't want users to be able to go back to the gameover screen by pressing the back button.
Set up FLAGS for your Intents. This comes in handy because if you didn't finish(); some Activity it remains in the stack, so it will be launching that one, but then you might want a new one. This will cause issues in navigation.
Add/ check your onBackPressed() methods for the 2 Activities.
Furthermore, specify that you are overriding the method
#Override
public void onClick(View view)
{
}
In the XML, <Button> tag, add
android:clickable=true
android:focusable=true
This question already has answers here:
How to start new activity on button click
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So far from all the tutorials I've looked at, most only get to the point of "Button Was Clicked" I need my second activity button to open a new activity.
I named this class, fifth_layout.xml
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Amazon"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/amazon"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/amazon"
android:layout_weight="0.07"
tools:ignore="HardcodedText"
android:id="#+id/button10"
android:textSize="35sp" />
After that in my FifthActivity.java I have
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class FifthActivity extends Activity {
Button button;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.fifth_layout);
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button10);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
}
});
}
}
I just need the button to be able to open a new blank activity. But when i click the button nothing happens? I just need a new activity. i feel like the code is correct i just need help on what i might be doing wrong.
You have to use intent to open a new Activity. Assuming you want to open an activity called SixthActivity from your FifthActivity.
You should use this:
public class FifthActivity extends Activity {
Button button;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.fifth_layout);
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button10);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(FifthActivity.this,SixthActivity.java);
FifthActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
}
Hope this helps,
Regards.
Your onClickListener does nothing, of course nothing happens.
Create a new Activity (let's say you name it NewActivity, add it to the AndroidManifest.xml and add the following code you your existing activity:
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
final Intent intent = new Intent(FifthActivity.this, NewActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
I have a very strong feeling you're kind of lost in Android Development. I strongly suggest you follow Udacity's Android Development course.
Alright, so you have the single activity with its layout, right?
What your asking is "how do I launch another activity with another layout?"
To do this, we'll use an "intent" (think of an intent as how the activities talk to eachother, they get passed back and forth)
To create the intent and start, you'll need these couple lines:
Intent intent = new Intent(this, Target.class);
startActivity(intent);
Which should work within your onClick.
If you created the activity within Android Studio with File>New>Activity, this should have put the activity in your AndroidManifest.xml already, otherwise you'll need to add it yourself.
I'm trying to implement onclicklistener but it isn't working on my phone or emulator.
here is the code:
package com.slaps.guess;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
TextView tv;
Button one;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
one = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvd);
}
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.button1:
tv.setText("Anything");
break;
}
}
}
the text view is not changing to anything it is still.
note: button1 exists, and their is nothing wrong with my xml.
i want to implement because i have alot of button.
You are missing one.setOnClickListener(this) in your code.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
one = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
one.setOnClickListener(this);
tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvd);
}
Before using listener you will have to add it in the object for which you want it.
I guess you want for the Button one here.
Use one.setOnClickListener(this) after one = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
It looks like you're missing the required XML attribute in res/layout/activity_main.xml. Ensure it looks like:
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
onClick="onClick"
/>
The key being you have supplied the onClick attribute with the name of your method to invoke.
But if you want to set the click listener programmatically than you will need to use the Button.setOnClickListener method. If you do this your method signature will need to change to:
one.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// Perform action on click
}
});
I built a web app, and I am making a wrapper to put it on the app store. I have a main page, or start page for the app, and the submit button successfully loads my webview page, and the app works well.
I wanted to add a small webview above the submit button where I could display updated news before users enter the app, such as new terms of use.
I followed examples to get the webview to load on the main page, and it works - the content is displayed, but when I add the webview, the submit button doesn't work any longer.
Eclipse throws an error "Duplicate Method OnCreate(Bundle) in type TOS, so I tried changing OnCreate to OnStart or OnCreateView for the button. It renders from the layout xml, but there is no functionality. I'm certain it is a novice syntax error, so I've just posted the Tos.java code:
package com.packagename.android;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class Tos extends Activity {
private Button button;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
final Context context = this;
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_tos);
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonUrl);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
Intent intent = new Intent(context, Mapp.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
private WebView TermswebView;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_tos);
WebView TermswebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
TermswebView.loadUrl(someURL");
};
};
So you need only one onCreate method for each Activity not object, which is where you're thinking(I assume) that you need multiple onCreate methods.
So.. just merge the two you have...
public class Tos extends Activity {
//UI ELEMENTS
private Button button;
private WebView TermswebView;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
final Context context = this;
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_tos);
TermswebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
TermswebView.loadUrl("http://www.barglance.com/assets/tos/tos.php");
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonUrl);
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
Intent intent = new Intent(context, Mapp.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
I hope this helps. For more information about activities and what onCreate actually does and when it's called, refer to Android Docs - Activity
I'm programming an Android calculator in Eclipse. I want to be able to set up the OnClickListener for several variables instead of having to code a listener for each one. Seems like overkill. Is there a way to do this using an array, maybe? Much help would be appreciated.
package rechee.cool;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class HelloAndroidActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
int counter=0;
//Just have two buttons so far, I'm going to have like 10 more
Button one;
Button two;
EditText display;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Associate the button variable with the xml reference
one= (Button) findViewById(R.id.bOne);
display= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
//When button is clicked, display the text. How do I do this for the rest of my variables?
one.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
//String string= Integer.toString(counter);
display.setText("1");
}
});
}
}
The way I'd do this is add the same onClick attribute in XML to every button, like this:
<Button android:onClick="onButtonClick"
... />
and then add the method that you used in that attribute to your activity, differentiating the buttons by id:
public void onButtonClick(View v) {
switch(v.getId()) {
case R.id.button1:
// do something when button 1 is pressed
break;
case R.id.button2:
// do something when button 2 is pressed
break;
// and so on ....
}
}
Alternatively you can use findViewById() to get each button and assign the same listener to all the buttons. Then differentiate by id inside onClick()as shown above. This adds a few useless codelines though, so I think this example here is slightly more clean.
Yes you just need to override the onClick method of the Activity and tell it to implement the OnClickListener:
import com.ewe.R;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class HelloAndroidActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
int counter=0;
//Just have two buttons so far, I'm going to have like 10 more
Button one;
Button two;
EditText display;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Associate the button variable with the xml reference
one= (Button) findViewById(R.id.bOne);
display= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
//When button is clicked, display the text. How do I do this for the rest of my variables?
one.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
//String string= Integer.toString(counter);
display.setText("1");
}
});
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v){
switch (case v.getId()){
case R.id.bOne:
//Put code for bOne here
break;
case R.id.editText1:
//Put code for editText1 here
break;
}
}
}