Hide EditText from AbsoluteLayout

Question

I have created EditText via xml file. I have to hide it when certain condition get true. I have tried

setVisibility(View.GONE)

and

setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE)

but nothing happens. Is there any specific way to do it or can it be done by another way? Please help me.

Answer 1

It seems it's impossible (well nothing is impossible :-)..check the update!). Check this question Is there a way to hide text in a TextView?. In an AbsoluteLayout you can only hide the text in a EditText or a TextView, but not the occupied space by these elements. That's why I'd recommend you to use RelativeLayout for this purpose instead of AbsoluteLayout.

Update

Using addView and removeView you can add and delete a View as follows

LinearLayout endTimeLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.endTimeLayout);
LinearLayout mainLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mainLayout);
if (somecheckbox.isChecked())
   mainLayout.removeView(endTimeLayout);
else
   mainLayout.addView(endTimeLayout);

I'd continue recommend you to use RelativeLayouts if it's possible that are easy to manage.