Question

Is there a reason that .setEnabled() only seems to work once? I wish to toggle it on and off multiple times during an activity lifecycle depending on the content. i’ve tried wrapping it in switch statements.

        GAME_STATE_INPLAY = true;       
        if (GAME_STATE_INPLAY = true) {
            explainButton.setEnabled(false);
        }
    ....
        if (c.getString(7).toString().length() > 0) {
                explainButton.setEnabled(true);
        }

Answer 1

try to get the btn by id again:

   if (GAME_STATE_INPLAY = true) {
        Button explainButton =(Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
        explainButton.setEnabled(false);
    }

    if (c.getString(7).toString().length() > 0) {
            Button explainButton =(Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
            explainButton.setEnabled(true);
    }