How can I remove a button or make it invisible in Android?

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Troj picture Troj · Nov 8, 2010 · Viewed 286.1k times · Source

How can I remove a button in Android, or make it invisible?

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Konstantin Burov picture Konstantin Burov · Nov 8, 2010

Set button visibility to GONE (button will be completely "removed" -- the buttons space will be available for another widgets) or INVISIBLE (button will became "transparent" -- its space will not be available for another widgets):

View b = findViewById(R.id.button);
b.setVisibility(View.GONE);

or in xml:

<Button ... android:visibility="gone"/>

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