Android ImageButton click not working sometimes

Question

I'm using ImageButton in my xml, like this:

<FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        >
        <ImageButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/imageButton_home"
            android:src="@drawable/home_icon"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
            android:focusable="false"
            android:clickable="true"
            />

        <ImageButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/imageButton_back"
            android:src="@drawable/back_icon"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            android:visibility="gone"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
            android:focusable="false"
            android:clickable="true"
            />

    </FrameLayout>

Only one image button is visible at a time. And I'm capturing the click in my java code as following:

  imageButtonHome.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Intent homeIntent = new Intent(SettingsActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
            startActivity(homeIntent);
        }
    });

This works fine sometimes, but not always. I see this line in my logcat whenever I click on image button:

D/ViewRootImpl: ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN

This line always shows up, even when my ImageButton click action is not performed.

But when my ImageButton click works correctly, this other line adds up to log:

 D/ViewRootImpl: ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN
 D/AbsListView: Get MotionRecognitionManager

I want my image button to work every time. Please help.

because I need to place these 2 buttons at same position, but need to make only one visible at a time. — pratiti-systematix, Jan 27 '16 at 11:37
but I don't think, this is due to frame layout. I'm using ImageButton in other XMLs too, and they are not wrapped in framelayout like this, still they show up same behaviour. — pratiti-systematix, Jan 27 '16 at 11:40
you have visibility gone for second button. How you gonna see that — Vivek Mishra, Jan 27 '16 at 11:41

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '16 at 11:50

8

Give some padding to your ImageButtons in order to capture the touch event.

answered Jan 27 '16 at 11:50

Febi M Felix

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Yeah but that would make them smaller...I don't want that – pratiti-systematix Jan 27 '16 at 11:50
Padding won't make the button smaller. Please try. – Febi M Felix Jan 27 '16 at 11:56
@FebiMathew i had same problem – Wahdat Jan Mar 13 '18 at 18:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '17 at 12:28

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Use setOnClickListener(...) on the ImageButton

answered Jul 09 '17 at 12:28

apurva kochar

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 27 '16 at 11:38

-1

Try to user LinearLayout instead of FrameLayout.

FrameLayout is thought for containing just 1 children.

answered Jan 27 '16 at 11:38

Stefano

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 27 '16 at 12:06

Replace this and try.

imageButtonHome.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        Intent homeIntent = new Intent(SettingsActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
        startActivity(homeIntent);
    }
});

Android ImageButton click not working sometimes

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