setVisibility(View.VISIBLE) doesn't always work. Ideas?

Question

I am trying to show a pair of hidden buttons (using setVisibility(View.VISIBLE), within a RelativeLayout), but it doesn\'t always work. The button

Answer 1

I (annoyingly) had similar difficulty with having a button on top of a SurfaceView preview and had to put the Button in a RelativeLayout and make the RelativeLayout VISIBLE/INVISIBLE. Might be worth a shot for anyone else having the same issue.

...And I also had to programatically call the layout to be brought to from: buttonLayout.bringToFront() right after findViewById.