Imagebutton change programmatically?

Question

I'm trying to change the image of the ImageButton programmatically.

I'm trying to copy this code, but the setBackgroundDrawable is already deprecated.

public void giveClue(View view) {
    Drawable replacer = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.icon2);
    ((ImageButton) view).setEnabled(false);
    ((ImageButton) view).setBackgroundDrawable(replacer);
    gameAdapter.giveClue(game);
}

My button was created using xml as follows:

   <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/ImageButton2"
        android:layout_width="24dp"
        android:layout_height="22dp"
        android:layout_alignTop="@+id/imageButton1"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/ImageButton3"
        android:src="@drawable/icon" 
        android:onClick="giveClue"/>

Duplicate of this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6751875/android-imagebutton-change-programmatically — Chinmoy Debnath, Jan 09 '13 at 10:33

score 157 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 06 '13 at 23:21

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your code is trying to change the background of the button. not its image. Those are two different things

  ((ImageButton) view).setImageResource(R.drawable.icon2);

edited Nov 06 '13 at 23:21

meda

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answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:41

Budius

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It doesn't work, the xml always override what you changed to the previous state specified in xml attribute (app:srcCompat). – Salah Jun 12 '22 at 16:52

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:46

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Try this its working for me,Change the background image programmatically,

 image.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.ico);

answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:46

MuraliGanesan

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You should use [setImageResource](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.html#setImageResource(int)) instead. – StupidFox Jun 01 '16 at 10:35

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 01:08

Hi you can use the following code

if ( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN ) 
{
    ((ImageButton) view).setImageResource(getResources().getIdentifier("icon2", "drawable", getPackageName()));
}
else 
{
    ((ImageButton) view).setImageDrawable(getDrawable(getResources().getIdentifier("icon2", "drawable", getPackageName())));
}

Hope this will help you.

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 24 '19 at 14:26

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In Kotlin you can use this code:

val myImageButton = findViewById<ImageButton>(R.id.myImageButton)  

myImageButton.setOnClickListener {

     (myImageButton as ImageButton).setImageResource(R.drawable.myIcon) 

}

edited Dec 24 '19 at 14:26

jtate

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answered Dec 24 '19 at 13:51

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:27

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Just try out this way:

((ImageButton) view).setImageDrawable(replacer);

answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:27

GrIsHu

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 20 '18 at 10:20

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Using Kotlin, you can do this:

val myImageButton = ImageButton(context).apply({
    background = null
    setImageDrawable(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, 
                         R.drawable.ic_save_black_24px))
})

answered Apr 20 '18 at 10:20

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 16 '19 at 15:01

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For kotlin this works for me

yourimagebuttonID.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_check_black_24dp)

answered Jul 16 '19 at 15:01

Jimale Abdi

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score -4 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:26

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Try ((ImageButton) view).setImageDrawable(replacer);

answered Jan 09 '13 at 10:26

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Imagebutton change programmatically?

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