Android Button State

                                                       Button State In Android

Here I post how to change the buttons background based on it's state.

At the end of this tutorial i post the full source code. In that you can get button background images.
This is the simple sample code, follow my instructions.

Step 1:

 Create new folder as "drawable" in res folder.In that folder create new "select.xml"  file and paste the below coding.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/pressed_select" android:state_pressed="true" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/focused_select" android:state_focused="true" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/normal_select" />
</selector>

Step 2:

Copy the below coding and paste it to main.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/select" />
</LinearLayout>

Step 3:

This is the defalut java class.You may use or may not use.

import com.control.state.R;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class ButtonStates extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
                       
    }
}

Step 4:

 Now run the program now you got output,
a) First the button is in normal state(white color).
b) Scroll the mouse , now it is focused state(light green).
c) Click the button, now it is in pressed state(orange color).

normal_state

focused_state

pressed_state

Full Source code for ButtonState