ToggleButton and Switch

android.widget.ToggleButton is a button allows the user to change a setting between two states, ON and OFF. Android 4.0 (API level 14) introduces another kind of toggle button, android.widget.Switch, that provides a slider control. The ToggleButton and Switch controls are subclasses of CompoundButton and function in the same manner, so you can implement their behavior the same way. ~ reference: Toggle Buttons guide.

Example:

ToggleButton and Switch

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="lesapplication.blogspot.com" />
    
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="ToogleSwitch" />
    <ToggleButton
        android:id="@+id/mytogglebutton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textOn="ToggleButton On"
        android:textOff="ToggleButton Off" />
    
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Switch" />
    <!-- Switch require API Level 14 -->
    <Switch
        android:id="@+id/myswitch"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textOn="Switch On"
        android:textOff="Switch Off" />
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/info"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

package com.example.androidswitch;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.Switch;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.ToggleButton;
import android.app.Activity;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 ToggleButton myToggleButton;
 Switch mySwitch;
 TextView info;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  info = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.info);
  myToggleButton = (ToggleButton)findViewById(R.id.mytogglebutton);
  myToggleButton.setOnCheckedChangeListener(myOnCheckedChangeListener);
  
  
  mySwitch = (Switch)findViewById(R.id.myswitch);
  mySwitch.setOnCheckedChangeListener(myOnCheckedChangeListener);
 }
 
 CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener myOnCheckedChangeListener =
   new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener(){

    @Override
    public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
     info.setText(
       "Button: " + buttonView.toString() + "\n" +
       "icChecked: " + String.valueOf(isChecked));
    }
  
 };
}

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