I\'m new to android development. I\'ve a doubt.
I know that you can add a button and initialize it like
Button b1=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
and I can also give a unction name in the XML file.
android:onClick=\"click_event\"
My doubt is, which is the best and efficient way?
like it says that its better to use @string resource instead of a hard-coded one.
I think you are confused. The examples you give are two different things.
Adding a Button
This line
Button b1=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
doesn\'t add a Button
. It declares and initializes an instance of Button
which refers to a Button
in your currently inflated xml which has an id
of button1
So in your xml you would have somewhere
<Button
android:id=\"@+id/button1\"
<!-- other properties -->
/>
You can add a Button
programmatically with
Button bt1 = new Button(this);
// give it properties
But it is generally easier to do in xml because here you have to programmatically give it parameters, properties, and add it to an inflated layout
OnClick
As far as the onClick()
it depends on what you feel is the easiest and best in your situation. I like to declare it in the xml like that often but you can do it several ways. Using this method you just have to be sure that you have a function like this that is public
and takes only one parameter and that parameter must be a View
public void clickEvent(View v)
{
// code here
}
I also changed the name so your xml would be like
<Button
android:id=\"@+id/button1\"
<!-- other properties -->
android:onClick=\"clickEvent\"/>
You also can set onClick()
in your Java with something like
Button b1=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
@Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
// code here
}
});
or
Button b1=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
b1.setOnClickListener(this);
@Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
// code here
}
Note that the last way you will need to add implements OnClickListener
in your Activity
declaration
public class MyActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener
{
You can also create your own click Listener
by changing it to something like
b1.setOnClickListener(myBtnClick);
then create an instance of it with something like
public OnClickListener myBtnClick = new OnClickListener()
{
@Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
// click code here
}
};
You can use this for multiple Button
s and switch on the id
or check the View
param to know which Button
was clicked or create separate Listeners
for different Button
s.