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alan
alan

Reputation: 81

Android: Knowing which button is pressed for buttons that are created programatically

I am trying to do this:

Programatically create 4 buttons on a layout. Then, create an onclick listener for each of the button. Then, based on which button is pressed, will do some logic.

I have created a LinearLayout in my XML file and called it "layout".

So, my codes go something like this:

    layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.layout);

    //Create the array of buttons
    Button [] subjectButtons_BT = new Button[4];

    for(int i=0; i<4; i++){
        subjectButtons_BT[i] = new Button(this);
        // Add the button to the layout
        layout.addView(subjectButtons_BT[i]);
        subjectButtons_BT[i].setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
               // if it is the first button, do LOGIC1
               // if it is the second button, do LOGIC2 etc 
                }
        });
    }

So far, I have managed to create the 4 buttons and I can click on the buttons. However, I do not know how to the logic in the setOnClickListener part.

I wanted to know which button is pressed. So, I tried using v.getId() but it always returns a -1.

Can someone advise if this is the right way to go? And if so, how to do the logic?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 847

Answers (2)

Dharmendra
Dharmendra

Reputation: 33996

You have two options for identify which dynamic button is clicked.

 1) Set ID to the button and compare ID 
 2) Set Tag to the button if you have come more information about button
     and want to access it

1) You can set id to the button and in onClick() method you can get id by button.getId() method and you can compare ids and perform action according to click.

2) If you set tag then you have to get tag by calling button.getTag() method and by this way you can pass object with the button

Upvotes: 2

JesusFreke
JesusFreke

Reputation: 20262

You can set the id of the buttons after you create them, and then check for that id within the OnClickListener

layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.layout);

//Create the array of buttons
Button [] subjectButtons_BT = new Button[4];

for(int i=0; i<4; i++){
    subjectButtons_BT[i] = new Button(this);
    subjectButtons_BT[i].setId(i);
    // Add the button to the layout
    layout.addView(subjectButtons_BT[i]);
    subjectButtons_BT[i].setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                int id = v.getId();
                if (id == 0) {
                } else if (id == 1) {
                }
                //etc.
            }
    });
}

Upvotes: 0

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