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tore
tore

Reputation: 689

How do I get the imageButton in front of the buttonView in Android Studio?

Coming from Xcode, I'm really confused with Android Studio. I want to do such a simple thing as putting one view above another, but for some reason, the view I want to the front ends up in the back: enter image description here

imageButton should be in front of chapter1 but no matter how I arrange the hierarchy it still ends up in the back. Should I add imageButton as a subview to chapter1? Should I surround the items with a container? In Xcode, you just put one view on top of another. So much simpler, or am I missing something?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 966

Answers (2)

jedaDroid
jedaDroid

Reputation: 11

You can achieve that by using FrameLayout. In FrameLayout you can put views on top of each other with the last view under the hierarchy shown on top. To get ImageButton in front of Button view:

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <Button
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
                
            <ImageButton
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
          />

Upvotes: 0

tore
tore

Reputation: 689

OK, found an answer now: Android ConstraintLayout - Put one view on top of another view

For imageButton make sure that you add xml:

android:elevation="2dp"

Upvotes: 1

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