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Asked: 2026-05-26T08:08:18+00:00

When should we use android:clickable in XML? Should we ever? Is there any difference

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When should we use android:clickable in XML? Should we ever?
Is there any difference between such XML declaration and in-code declaration myButton.setOnClickListener? I have read the documentation, but I could not find out when and why should I ever use this attribute.

PS. I was implementing an ad SDK and found that their developers were using android:clickable with WebView and I was intrigued why did they use it.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As the documentation states, and as far as I know :

    clickable – Defines whether this view reacts to click events.
    Must be a boolean value, either “true” or “false”.

    So for example if you just declare a Webview or View in your layout.xml and try to set an OnClickListener on this views the OnClick event won’t be fired unless you specify the attribute : 

      android:clickable=true
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