Can I hide an image button on a layout, (dimensions and background) until a call to set visible?

Question

I have a hidden image button in one of my xmls layouts, with a background set to a drawable image. I set the visibility to invisible, as I only want the image to display every

Answer 1

All views, including ImageButton, inherit from android.view.View, so they all have a visibility attribute that can be set. Instead of setting the visibility of the drawable resource, set it on the ImageButton.