Hello Readers! In this post, we are going to learn about how to use android imageButton widget in any android application. We will also go through different attributes of imageButton widget that can be used to customise it.

Output

Tutorialwing Android ImageButton Output

Getting Started

Android ImageButton widget can be defined as below –

ImageButton is subclass of imageView that displays a button with an image that can be clicked or pressed by the user.

By default, imageButton looks like a simple button that changes states during different button states. You can use android:src attribute to set image on this imageButton view.

Attributes of Android ImageButton Widget

Some of the popular attributes of android imageButton widget inherited from ImageView are –

Some of the popular attributes of ImageButton inherited from View are –

Example of Android ImageButton Widget

At first, we will create android application. Then, we will use imageButton widget in this application.

1. Creating New Project

Follow steps below to create new project. Please ignore the steps if you have already created a new application.

Now, we will modify xml and java file to use ImageButton widget in the application.

2. Modify Values folder

Open res/values/strings.xml file. Then, add below code into it.

<resources>
	<string name="app_name">ImageButton</string>
	<string name="this_is_imagebutton">This is imageButton</string>
	<string name="image_button_clicked">You clicked imageButton</string>
</resources>

No other values folders have been modified. So, we are not going to mention them here.

3. Use ImageButton Widget in xml file

Open res/layout/activity_main.xml file. Then, add below code into it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
	android:layout_width="match_parent"
	android:layout_height="match_parent"
	android:gravity="center">

	<ImageButton
		android:id="@+id/imageButton"
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		android:contentDescription="@string/this_is_imagebutton"
		app:srcCompat="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>

</LinearLayout>

In activity_main.xml file, we have used imageButton widget. Attribute app:srcCompat=”” is being used to set image to the imageButton widget. Now, we will access this widget in java file to perform some action on it.

4. Access imageButton Widget in java file

Open src/main/java/com.tutorialwing.imagebutton/MainActivity.java file. Then, add below code into it.

package com.tutorialwing.imagebutton;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		ImageButton imageButton = findViewById(R.id.imageButton);
		if (imageButton != null) {
			imageButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
				@Override
				public void onClick(View v) {
					Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, R.string.image_button_clicked, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
				}
			});
		}
	}
}

Since AndroidManifest.xml file is very important in any android application, we are also going to see the content inside this file.

AndroidManifest.xml

Code inside src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file is as below –

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest package="com.tutorialwing.imagebutton"
		  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

	<application
		android:allowBackup="true"
		android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
		android:label="@string/app_name"
		android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
		android:supportsRtl="true"
		android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
		<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
			<intent-filter>
				<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>

				<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
			</intent-filter>
		</activity>
	</application>

</manifest>

When we run the program, we will get output as shown above.

That’s end of tutorial on Android ImageButton widget.