Is it possible to open a new layout(.xml) file with button click?

Question

I have a MainActivity.java file with a single layout. I created a new layout that is simply called layout2, and want to call it somehow in the MainActivity.java file, to switch between the 2 layouts with a btn click, but without any .java class file (like in Activities: .java file goes with his own single layout).

For short:
An Activity open (just) a new layout file.

Thanks for any answers.

ImageButton ibtt;
ImageButton ib = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.ibtt);
ib.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
      MainActivity.setContentView(R.layout.secondlayout);
    }
});

call `setContentView()` again but probably not a good idea – denvercoder9 Mar 21 '18 at 20:21 — denvercoder9, Mar 21 '18 at 20:21
use fragments, instead of other activities – Dinith Rukshan Kumara Mar 21 '18 at 20:35 — Dinith Rukshan Kumara, Mar 21 '18 at 20:35

costa · Answer 1 · 2018-03-21T21:50:45.167

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Not entirely sure what you are trying to do but a Viewflipper sounds something you might like. Define a viewflipper with as many children as you want in the xml. The children can be separate layouts each. Use the<include> tag. Plenty of examples with viewflipper on StackOverflow. I prefer using a statekeeper along with one always.

EDIT: Here's an example How to use view flipper with three layouts?

edited Mar 21 '18 at 21:50

answered Mar 21 '18 at 21:23

costa

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This answer would be perfect if it linked to the documentation for ViewFlipper and/or some other SO questions about ViewFlipper. – emerssso Mar 21 '18 at 21:44

Is it possible to open a new layout(.xml) file with button click?

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