Hide a EditText & make it visible by clicking a menu

Question

I have a layout having the contact deatils of the phone. When i click the option menu i need make an edittext visible in that screen. I have done it. But there is problem facing that the edit text height is occupied in the screen when its made invisible. How can i remove the space occupied by edit text, while its invisible in the screen(layout).. My code is given below

My xml is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingLeft="10dp"     android:paddingRight="10dp">      <ListView android:id="@id/android:list" android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1"         android:drawSelectorOnTop="false">     </ListView>      <TextView android:id="@id/android:empty" android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:text="No Entries available">     </TextView>         <TableRow android:id="@+id/TableRow001"         android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:background="#C0C0C0"         android:layout_height="wrap_content">          <EditText android:id="@+id/NumberEditText01"              android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:paddingLeft="20dip"             android:layout_height="wrap_content">         </EditText>          <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/callNow01"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:text="Call now"             >         </Button>      </TableRow> </LinearLayout> 

and class:

public class ListContacts extends ListActivity {      TableRow tableRow;     EditText phoneNumber;     Button callNow;      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);          // Associate the xml with the activity         setContentView(R.layout.activitylist);         tableRow = (TableRow) findViewById(R.id.TableRow001);         tableRow.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);           phoneNumber = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.NumberEditText01);         phoneNumber.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);         phoneNumber.setKeyListener(DialerKeyListener.getInstance());          callNow = (Button) findViewById(R.id.callNow01);         callNow.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);     }       @Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {         switch (item.getItemId()) {              case FIRST:                 tableRow.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);                 phoneNumber.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);                 callNow.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);                 break;         }     } } 

Answer 1

Try phoneNumber.setVisibility(View.GONE);