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

You can use : viewToHide?.postDelayed({ viewToHide?.visibility = View.GONE }, durationInMillis)

Answer 2

For me, it worked if I did the showing/hiding on the next run loop.

parentView.post { 
   childViewToHide.visibility = View.GONE
}

Answer 3

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)

Answer 4

set layout_width and layout_height to 0 where you want to hide item, by doing this

//if item's parent layout is LinearLayout, change according to your item xml
holder.itemView.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0,0));

Answer 5

If you want to show itemView 

if (ItemBean.isShow()) 
{
   holder.itemView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
   holder.itemView.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
 } else
 {
     holder.itemView.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0));
     holder.itemView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
 }

Answer 6

header_layout.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/mHeaderView"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/mNoHelpLayout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="176dip"
                android:background="#ffffffff"
                android:gravity="center"
             />
       </LinearLayout>
   </LinearLayout>

java code:

LayoutInflater mInflater =(LayoutInflater) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View outerView =  mInflater.inflate(R.layout.header_layout, null);
mHeaderView = (LinearLayout) outerView.findViewById(R.id.mHeaderView);

use mHeaderView.setVisiable() to control visiable not the outerView.setVisiable(). it works for me.