Question

I’m trying to create buttons after i press a button ( this one is premade in XML ).
The thing is, i can do this in LinearLayout however when i switched to RelativeLayout everytime my buttoncreator method runs it deletes the previously created button and creates a new one.

to be more spesific;
My buttoncreator method

public void buttoncreator(String name,RelativeLayout.LayoutParams position,RelativeLayout layout){



    positionrandomer(position);
    final Button dummybutton = new Button(this);
    dummybutton.setText(name);

            //these are here for test,it works but still i have the same problem

    position.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW,R.id.button1);
    position.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW,R.id.button2);

    dummybutton.setLayoutParams(position);

      layout.addView(dummybutton);
      return;

}    

(position randomer is a method where it sets random margins ).

The place where i call creator method

Button luckbutton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);

                luckbutton.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

                            public void onClick(View arg0) {
                                name="Blue";
                buttoncreator(name,position,layout);
                name="Blu4e";
                buttoncreator(name,position,layout);





                                                            }
                                                                           });     

so, my intent is to create 2 buttons on 1 buttonclick, however it creates only 1. ( actually, it creates the first one then deletes it and creates the second one ).

Appereantly there is something i don’t understand with RelativeLayouts,
What i am doing wrong?

Thx in advance

Answer 1

I can suggest you a workaround to do the thing you want. Why don’t you create your buttons in your xml file and set their visibility in your onCreate() to View.GONE and in button’s onClick you set their visibility to View.VISIBLE. I think this will do the thing that you want and I don’t think you will have problem with RelativeLayout.