setVisibility(GONE) view becomes invisible but still occupies space

Question

I\'ve got a view that is effectively is a button. Here is its XML layout (add_new.xml)

Answer 1

I had similar issue when using TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition(), in the layout inspector I see that the view is Gone but still taking space, I think it is bug in Android, a workaround is to execute the visibility block with View.post(Runnable action)