Change button image in android

Question

I want to change the button image in my code. I found that this can be done in XML:

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but the image will not remain after I released the button. I want to click on the button and change the button to a new image. Can this be done?

Answer 1

in the onClick method you need to change the button image in this way.

public void onClick(View v) {
    if(v==buttonName){
        buttonName.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.imageName);
    }       
}

Answer 2

Assuming ImageButton ... you can change the background image in the listener onClickas shown below:

myButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View view) {
                //set button image
                myButton.setImageBitmap(myBitmapFile)
            }
        });