Question

I am using a Linear Layout inside of a dialog, and have some TextViews inside that layout that I would also like to change color based on the “pressed” state of the Layout that is their parent. They have a state-list for what color they should be, but it seems that when the layout is clicked, the Views beneath it are not given that “clicked” state.

How could I make the TextViews change color when their parent layout is clicked?

Answer 1

The easiest way is just to pass the event down into whatever the child views are. You can extend TextView and add a method that you can call from the Layout’s onclick handler.

class MyTV extends TextView{

  public MyTV(Context c){
    //constructor gets context in case you want to make instances from code rather than XML
  }
  public doSomethingToMe(){
     //do stuff to this View from outside
  }
}

then in your Activity…

public void layoutClicked(View v){ //call this from your layout click
   ((MyTV)findViewById(R.id.myTV1)).doSomethingToMe();
}