I want to make all the buttons but one button unclickable in the tablelayout of the BT_Screen_menuButton in the code. I have tried to call this code in several places but all the buttons remain clickable. I tried after tableLayout.invalidate(); unclickable() for( t = 1; t < button_max; t++){ BT_debugger.showIt(activityName + " nonclick=" + t); final RelativeLayout RowBoxz = (RelativeLayout) buttonBoxes.get((t)); if (t != button_skip) { RowBoxz.setEnabled(false); RowBoxz.setClickable(false); RowBoxz.setSelected(false); RowBoxz.setPressed(false); RowBoxz.setFocusable(false); RowBoxz.setFocusableInTouchMode(false); } } // end Any ideas?

Shouldn't you use an if statement such as this: if (t != button_skip) { RowBoxz.setEnabled(false); RowBoxz.setClickable(false); RowBoxz.setSelected(false); RowBoxz.setPressed(false); RowBoxz.setFocusable(false); RowBoxz.setFocusableInTouchMode(false); } else { RowBoxz.setClickable(true); } I haven't tested this, just an idea!?

the if condition isn't the issue the buttons are still clickable is the issue even when they are set to setClickable(false);

What I need to do is have a click anywhere on screen function. I have 2 buttons that are animated. Depending upon which one is focused, I want the user to be able to click anywhere on the screen and the focused button performs the action. Sorry I have just come back to working with apps after 6 months (work has been rough) and trying to learn and get my head back around this stuff.