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Android

Posted by Emi Jackson
Emi Jackson
Courses Plus Student 238 Points

Do I need to Create OnClickListener Instance Every-time?

For example if I have multiple Button on my app, Do I need to create OnClickListener instance for every single button?

2 Answers

Kunal Bhuwalka
Kunal Bhuwalka
32,978 Points
Kunal Bhuwalka
Kunal Bhuwalka
32,978 Points

You can use OnItemClickListener if the buttons are inside a listView.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

It depends. It's certainly possible to have all buttons use the same OnClickListener, you just need to distinguish between different buttons to find out which one is clicked. But this works best if the buttons' functions are similar to each other (like they do the same thing to different data objects). If they are fairly different, it's often best to use different OnClickListener functions to separate out the code instead of having one huge function will all the UI logic.