@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@ page.tags=switch,togglebutton
66<div id="qv">
77<h2>In this document</h2>
88<ol>
9- <li><a href="#HandlingEvents">Responding to Click Events</a>
10- <ol>
11- <li><a href="#ClickListener">Using an OnCheckedChangeListener</a></li>
12- </ol>
9+ <li>
10+ <a href="#ClickListener">Responding to Button Presses</a>
1311 </li>
1412</ol>
1513 <h2>Key classes</h2>
1614 <ol>
1715 <li>{@link android.widget.ToggleButton}</li>
1816 <li>{@link android.widget.Switch}</li>
17+ <li>{@link android.widget.CompoundButton}</li>
1918 </ol>
2019</div>
2120</div>
@@ -26,6 +25,12 @@ page.tags=switch,togglebutton
2625object. Android 4.0 (API level 14) introduces another kind of toggle button called a switch that
2726provides a slider control, which you can add with a {@link android.widget.Switch} object.</p>
2827
28+ <p>
29+ If you need to change a button's state yourself, you can use the {@link
30+ android.widget.CompoundButton#setChecked CompoundButton.setChecked()} or
31+ {@link android.widget.CompoundButton#toggle CompoundButton.toggle()} methods.
32+ </p>
33+
2934<div style="float:left;width:200px">
3035<img src="{@docRoot}images/ui/togglebutton.png" alt="" />
3136<p class="img-caption"><em>Toggle buttons</em></p>
@@ -36,78 +41,15 @@ provides a slider control, which you can add with a {@link android.widget.Switch
3641<p class="img-caption"><em>Switches (in Android 4.0+)</em></p>
3742</div>
3843
39- <p style="clear:left">The {@link android.widget.ToggleButton} and {@link android.widget.Switch}
40- controls are subclasses of {@link android.widget.CompoundButton} and function in the same manner, so
41- you can implement their behavior the same way.</p>
42-
43- <h2 id="HandlingEvents">Responding to Click Events</h2>
44-
45- <p>When the user selects a {@link android.widget.ToggleButton} and {@link android.widget.Switch},
46- the object receives an on-click event.</p>
47-
48- <p>To define the click event handler, add the <code><a
49- href="/reference/android/R.attr.html#onClick">android:onClick</a></code> attribute to the
50- <code><ToggleButton></code> or <code><Switch></code> element in your XML
51- layout. The value for this attribute must be the name of the method you want to call in response
52- to a click event. The {@link android.app.Activity} hosting the layout must then implement the
53- corresponding method.</p>
54-
55- <p>For example, here's a {@link android.widget.ToggleButton} with the <code><a
56- href="/reference/android/R.attr.html#onClick">android:onClick</a></code> attribute:</p>
57-
58- <pre>
59- <ToggleButton
60- android:id="@+id/togglebutton"
61- android:layout_width="wrap_content"
62- android:layout_height="wrap_content"
63- android:textOn="Vibrate on"
64- android:textOff="Vibrate off"
65- android:onClick="onToggleClicked"/>
66- </pre>
67-
68- <p>Within the {@link android.app.Activity} that hosts this layout, the following method handles the
69- click event:</p>
70-
71- <pre>
72- public void onToggleClicked(View view) {
73- // Is the toggle on?
74- boolean on = ((ToggleButton) view).isChecked();
75-
76- if (on) {
77- // Enable vibrate
78- } else {
79- // Disable vibrate
80- }
81- }
82- </pre>
83-
84- <p>The method you declare in the {@link android.R.attr#onClick android:onClick} attribute
85- must have a signature exactly as shown above. Specifically, the method must:</p>
86- <ul>
87- <li>Be public</li>
88- <li>Return void</li>
89- <li>Define a {@link android.view.View} as its only parameter (this will be the {@link
90- android.view.View} that was clicked)</li>
91- </ul>
92-
93- <p class="note"><strong>Tip:</strong> If you need to change the state
94- yourself,
95- use the {@link android.widget.CompoundButton#setChecked(boolean)} or {@link
96- android.widget.CompoundButton#toggle()} method to change the state.</p>
97-
98-
99-
100- <h3 id="ClickListener">Using an OnCheckedChangeListener</h3>
101-
102- <p>You can also declare a click event handler programmatically rather than in an XML layout. This
103- might be necessary if you instantiate the {@link android.widget.ToggleButton} or {@link
104- android.widget.Switch} at runtime or you need to
105- declare the click behavior in a {@link android.app.Fragment} subclass.</p>
44+ <h2 id="ClickListener">Responding to Button Presses</h2>
10645
107- <p>To declare the event handler programmatically, create an {@link
108- android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener} object and assign it to the button by calling
109- {@link
110- android.widget.CompoundButton#setOnCheckedChangeListener}. For example:</p>
46+ <p>
47+ To detect when the user activates the button or switch, create an {@link
48+ android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener} object and assign it
49+ to the button by calling {@link
50+ android.widget.CompoundButton#setOnCheckedChangeListener
51+ setOnCheckedChangeListener()}. For example:
52+ </p>
11153
11254<pre>
11355ToggleButton toggle = (ToggleButton) findViewById(R.id.togglebutton);
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