ConstraintLayout: change constraints programmatically

Question

I need help with ConstraintSet. My goal is to change view's constraints in code, but I cant figure out how to do this right.

I have 4 TextViews and one ImageView. I need to set ImageView constraints to one of the TextViews.

check_answer4 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.check_answer4);
check_answer1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.check_answer1);
check_answer2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.check_answer2);
check_answer3 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.check_answer3);

correct_answer_icon = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.correct_answer_icon);

If 1st answer is right, I need to set constraints of ImageView to

app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@+id/check_answer1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/check_answer1"

If 2nd answer is right, I need to set constraints of ImageView to

app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@+id/check_answer2"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/check_answer2"

And so on.

Answer 1

1. To set constraints of image view to:

    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@+id/check_answer1"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/check_answer1"
   

   use:

    ConstraintLayout constraintLayout = findViewById(R.id.parent_layout);
    ConstraintSet constraintSet = new ConstraintSet();
    constraintSet.clone(constraintLayout);
    constraintSet.connect(R.id.imageView,ConstraintSet.RIGHT,R.id.check_answer1,ConstraintSet.RIGHT,0);
    constraintSet.connect(R.id.imageView,ConstraintSet.TOP,R.id.check_answer1,ConstraintSet.TOP,0);
    constraintSet.applyTo(constraintLayout);
   

2. To set constraints of image view to:

    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="@+id/check_answer2"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/check_answer2"
   

   use:

    ConstraintLayout constraintLayout = findViewById(R.id.parent_layout);
    ConstraintSet constraintSet = new ConstraintSet();
    constraintSet.clone(constraintLayout); 
    constraintSet.connect(R.id.imageView,ConstraintSet.RIGHT,R.id.check_answer2,ConstraintSet.RIGHT,0);      
    constraintSet.connect(R.id.imageView,ConstraintSet.TOP,R.id.check_answer2,ConstraintSet.TOP,0);
    constraintSet.applyTo(constraintLayout);