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JB_User
JB_User

Reputation: 3267

How to tell which button was clicked in onClick()

I have multiple buttons in an Android app. I want to know, in the Java code, which button was clicked. As far as I can tell, this is accomplished with a single method like this:

public void onClick(View view) {
    // Do something
}

And inside that method, you have to figure out which button was clicked. Is that correct?

If so, how do I tell which was clicked? I do have the various Button objects returned by findViewById(). I just don't know how to use them to tell which button was clicked.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 18998

Answers (6)

Devix
Devix

Reputation: 430

implements 

    public class ProgramsFiles extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

       public void onClick(View view) {
            switch (view.getId()) {
               case R.id.btnA:
                 //ExampleA
                   break;
               case R.id.btnB:
                //ExampleB
               break;      
    }
}
}

Upvotes: 1

EpicPandaForce
EpicPandaForce

Reputation: 81539

You can use ButterKnife library ( http://jakewharton.github.io/butterknife/ ):

//Fragment
@InjectView(R.id.dialog_userinput)
public EditText userinput;

@InjectView(R.id.dialog_passinput)
public EditText passinput;

@OnClick(R.id.dialog_login)
public void login(View view) {
    //do stuff
    this.dismiss();
}

@OnClick(R.id.dialog_cancel)
public void cancel(View view) {
    //do stuff
    this.dismiss();
}

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_layout, container);
    ButterKnife.inject(this, view);
    return view;
}

Upvotes: 1

Raghunandan
Raghunandan

Reputation: 133560

Implement View's OnClickListner in your activity class. Override on click method.

 Button b1= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
//find your button id defined in your xml. 


b1.setOnClickListener(this);
// You have button OnClickListener implemented in your activity class.
//this refers to your activity context.

I have used a toast message.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts.html

 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"button1", 1000).show();
 //display a toast using activity context ,text and duration

Using switch case you can check which button is clicked.

In your onClick method.

switch(v.getId())  //get the id of the view clicked. (in this case button)
{
case R.id.button1 : // if its button1
    //do something
    break;
}

Here's the complete code.

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    Button b1= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
    Button b2= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
    Button b3= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button3);
    b1.setOnClickListener(this);
    b2.setOnClickListener(this);
    b3.setOnClickListener(this);

}

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    switch(v.getId())
    {
    case R.id.button1 :
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"button1", 1000).show();
        break;
    case R.id.button2 :
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"button2", 1000).show();
        break;
    case R.id.button3 :
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"button3", 1000).show();
        break;  


    }

}
 }

Upvotes: 12

codeMagic
codeMagic

Reputation: 44571

There are different ways to handle this. With what you currently have, you can use 

    public void onClick(View view) {
    // Do something
    view.getId();
}

which will return the value at android:id in your xml. You can use a switch statement to compare the values to decide what to do and switch on the id. You can also assing an onClick() in your xml with each button. 

<Button
    ...
    android:onClick="functionName"/>

then in your java code you can have

public void functionName(View view) {
        // Do something
    }

And the view clicked here will be the button you assigned this onClick to in your xml

Upvotes: 5

ElefantPhace
ElefantPhace

Reputation: 3814

You can also use anonymous inner classes for each button:

Button b1= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
Button b2= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);

b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // button 1 was clicked!
    }
});
b2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // button 2 was clicked!
    }
});

Upvotes: 3

Simon Dorociak
Simon Dorociak

Reputation: 33505

If so, how do I tell which was clicked?

Old friend switch will help you to achieve your goal:

public void onClick(View view) {
   switch (view.getId()) {
      case R.id.btn1:
         // do your stuff for btn1
      break;
      case R.id.btn2:
         // do your stuff for btn2
      break;
      ...
   }
}

Explanation: Each widget has ID so you can simply handle which Button is clicked via its ID in switch written above.

view.getId() returns ID of widget.

Upvotes: 4

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