Android Toggle Button Example

Toggle Button can be used to display checked/unchecked (On/Off) state on the button. It can be used to On/Off Sound, Wifi, Bluetooth etc.

ToggleButton class

ToggleButton class provides the facility of creating the toggle button.

Constants of ToggleButton class

android:disabledAlpha The alpha to apply to the indicator when disabled.
android:textOff The text for the button when it is not checked.
android:textOn The text for the button when it is checked.

Methods of ToggleButton class

CharSequence getTextOff() Returns the text when the button is not in the checked state.
CharSequence getTextOn() Returns the text for when the button is in the checked state.
void setChecked(boolean checked) Changes the checked state of this button.

Example of ToggleButton

activity_main.xml

Drag two toggle button and one button for the layout. Now the activity_main.xml file will look like this:

File: activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"  
    android:layout_width="match_parent"  
    android:layout_height="match_parent"  
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >  
  
    <ToggleButton  
        android:id="@+id/toggleButton1"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"  
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"  
        android:layout_marginLeft="60dp"  
        android:layout_marginTop="18dp"  
        android:text="ToggleButton1"  
        android:textOff="Off"  
        android:textOn="On" />  
  
    <ToggleButton  
        android:id="@+id/toggleButton2"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/toggleButton1"  
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/toggleButton1"  
        android:layout_marginLeft="44dp"  
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/toggleButton1"  
        android:text="ToggleButton2"  
        android:textOff="Off"  
        android:textOn="On" />  
  
    <Button  
        android:id="@+id/button1"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_below="@+id/toggleButton2"  
        android:layout_marginTop="82dp"  
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/toggleButton1"  
        android:text="submit" />  
  
</RelativeLayout>  

Activity class

Let's write the code to check which toggle button is ON/OFF.

File: MainActivity.java

package com.example.togglebutton;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.ToggleButton;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private ToggleButton toggleButton1, toggleButton2;
private Button buttonSubmit;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
addListenerOnButtonClick();
}
public void addListenerOnButtonClick(){
//Getting the ToggleButton and Button instance from the layout xml file
toggleButton1=(ToggleButton)findViewById(R.id.toggleButton1);
toggleButton2=(ToggleButton)findViewById(R.id.toggleButton2);
buttonSubmit=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
//Performing action on button click
buttonSubmit.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
result.append("ToggleButton1 : ").append(toggleButton1.getText());
result.append("\nToggleButton2 : ").append(toggleButton2.getText());
//Displaying the message in toast
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), result.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}
}