How can I disable all views inside the layout?

Question

For example I have:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="fill_parent">      <Button          android:id="@+id/backbutton"         android:text="Back"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content" />     <LinearLayout         android:id="@+id/my_layout"         android:orientation="horizontal"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content">         <TextView             android:id="@+id/my_text_view"             android:text="First Name"             android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:layout_height="wrap_content" />         <EditText             android:id="@+id/my_edit_view"             android:width="100px"             android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:layout_height="wrap_content" />          <View .../>         <View .../>         ...         <View .../>     </LinearLayout>  </LinearLayout> 

Is there a way to disable (setEnable(false)) all elements inside LinearLayout my_layout ?

Answer 1

this one is recursive for ViewGroups

private void disableEnableControls(boolean enable, ViewGroup vg){     for (int i = 0; i < vg.getChildCount(); i++){        View child = vg.getChildAt(i);        child.setEnabled(enable);        if (child instanceof ViewGroup){            disableEnableControls(enable, (ViewGroup)child);        }     } } 

Answer 2

Another way is to call setEnabled() on each child (for example if you want to do some extra check on child before disabling)

LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.my_layout); for (int i = 0; i < layout.getChildCount(); i++) {     View child = layout.getChildAt(i);     child.setEnabled(false); }