Two layouts and findViewById

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I have two layouts - activity_main.xml and select.xml(transparent). In my MainActivity class I have:

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

and after that:

view = View.inflate(MainActivity.this, R.layout.select, null);

btnPrev = (ImageButton) view.findViewById(R.id.btnPrev);
btnNext = (ImageButton) view.findViewById(R.id.btnNext);
btnOk = (ImageButton) view.findViewById(R.id.btnOk);

btnPrev.setOnClickListener(this);
btnNext.setOnClickListener(this);
btnOk.setOnClickListener(this);

And the buttons appear but seem to do nothing. The onClick() method is fully implemented so I think there is something wrong in mixing the two layouts (select.xml is on top of activity_main.xml). Any advice?

EDIT: This image(select.xml):

Should be on top of this image(activity_main.xml):

When a menu item "select" is clicked.

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.whistle_change:
            Intent a = new Intent(this, WhistleSelect.class);
            startActivity(a);
            break;
        case R.id.exit:

            break;
    }

    return false;

}

Why is your select.xml on top? It's probably blocking any touch events directed to your buttons, or anything in your activity.xml — freddieptf, Sep 27 '15 at 15:38
select.xml consists of three buttons which are used to change the background in activity_main.xml depending on which button is pressed. — Nikola, Sep 27 '15 at 15:43
Can you add some more code? its difficult to figure out your problem.. — Shubhang Malviya, Sep 27 '15 at 15:51
@Nikola yes, please post your xml files, this would be helpful — wasyl, Sep 27 '15 at 15:52
oh my bad, thought the buttons were in the activity_main.xml. So, suggestion, why not just use a frame layout to directly place your buttons in the activity layout? — freddieptf, Sep 27 '15 at 15:56

Two layouts and findViewById

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