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     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt 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  gt        lt ListView android id   id android list  android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  fill parent  android layout weight  1          android drawSelectorOnTop  false  gt       lt  ListView gt        lt TextView android id   id android empty  android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  fill parent  android text  No Entries available  gt       lt  TextView gt           lt TableRow android id    id TableRow001          android layout width  wrap content  android background   C0C0C0          android layout height  wrap content  gt            lt EditText android id    id NumberEditText01               android layout width  wrap content              android paddingLeft  20dip              android layout height  wrap content  gt           lt  EditText gt            lt Button android layout width  wrap content  android id    id callNow01              android layout height  wrap content              android text  Call now               gt           lt  Button gt        lt  TableRow gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    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

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protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout waist2height             final EditText edit    EditText findViewById R id editText                     final RadioButton rb1    RadioButton  findViewById R id radioCM           final RadioButton rb2    RadioButton  findViewById R id radioFT                                  if rb1 isChecked                     edit setVisibility View VISIBLE                                   else if rb2 isChecked                                edit setVisibility View INVISIBLE

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Try phoneNumber setVisibility View GONE

[android] Hide a EditText & make it visible by clicking a menu

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