Android Studio 2.0 Preview 4
I am using to use BringToFront
to get a TextView
to display in front of the other controls.
The Doc's bringToFront() say you have to call requestlayout
invalidate
. Which I do, but doesn't work.
tvLevel.bringToFront();
tvLevel.requestLayout();
tvLevel.invalidate();
I am using this TextView
inside a android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
However, the following code does work. But only supports API 21 and above. But I need to support API 16.
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
tvLevel.setTranslationZ(4);
tvLevel.invalidate();
}
Or by setting the xml
attribute property android:translationZ("4dp")
works. However, only for API 21
/**
* Change the view's z order in the tree, so it's on top of other sibling
* views. This ordering change may affect layout, if the parent container
* uses an order-dependent layout scheme (e.g., LinearLayout). Prior
* to {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#KITKAT} this
* method should be followed by calls to {@link #requestLayout()} and
* {@link View#invalidate()} on the view's parent to force the parent to redraw
* with the new child ordering.
*
* @see ViewGroup#bringChildToFront(View)
*/
public void bringToFront() {
if (mParent != null) {
mParent.bringChildToFront(this);
}
}
according to this You may missing the line:
((View)myView.getParent()).requestLayout();
and it will work, Check it out.!