When to use ImageButton rather than ImageView?

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I have a confusion about ImageButton. I can make an ImageView clickable and use as button, so why do we explicitly need an ImageButton? When designing Android app, I found ImageView is much more useful than ImageButton, perhaps I missed some of the features of ImageButton. So I want to know what are the advantages of using ImageButton? Thanks.

Already asked : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5847136/difference-between-a-clickable-imageview-and-imagebutton — eric.itzhak, May 23 '12 at 10:33
Damnit a minute too late! Oh well... You can check out this previous answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5847136/difference-between-a-clickable-imageview-and-imagebutton — dr3minem, May 23 '12 at 10:35

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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This question was answered quite thoroughly here: Difference between a clickable ImageView and ImageButton

To sum it up: There's no differences, except default style. ImageButton has a non-null background by default.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered May 23 '12 at 10:35

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When to use ImageButton rather than ImageView?

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