ImageButton doesnt work Android Studio Java

Question

ImageButton doesnt work when I change the visibility to visible. The only visible thing is something like a small shadow (which works like a imagebutton) but the image doesnt show up. All images are added to the project.

main activity:

    Button search;
    EditText searchLocation;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        search = findViewById(R.id.buttonSearchAll);

        searchLocation = findViewById(R.id.editLocation);
        

        search.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                String str = searchLocation.getText().toString().trim();
                Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity2.class);
                intent.putExtra("message", str);
                startActivity(intent);

            }
        });
    }

main activity2:

    TextView noResults, searched;
    ImageButton btHotel1, btHotel2;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2);

        btHotel1 = findViewById(R.id.btHotel1);
        btHotel1.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        btHotel2 = findViewById(R.id.btHotel2);
        btHotel2.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        noResults = findViewById(R.id.tvNoResults);


        btHotel1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity2.this, MainActivity3.class));
            }
        });
        btHotel2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity2.this, MainActivity3.class));
            }
        });


        Intent intent = getIntent();
        String str = intent.getStringExtra("message");
        searched.setText(str);

        if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("vienna")){
            btHotel2.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); //but there's only a small shadow
            return;
        }


        noResults.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);


    }
}

Im not sure why it doesnt work.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65852446/imagebutton-doesnt-work-android-studio-java

Answer 1

You call

btHotel1.setVisibility(View.GONE);

it means view is invisible, and it doesn't take any space for layout purposes

Try to use View.Invisible instead of View.GONE

If you want to make your button visible, use View.VISIBLE!