[android] Android: Use a SWITCH statement with setOnClickListener/onClick for more than 1 button?

Let's say I have a few buttons in a LinearLayout, 2 of them are:

mycards_button = ((Button)this.findViewById(R.id.Button_MyCards));
exit_button = ((Button)this.findViewById(R.id.Button_Exit));

I register setOnClickListener() on both of them:

mycards_button.setOnClickListener(this);
exit_button.setOnClickListener(this);

How do I make a SWITCH to differentiate between the two buttons within the Onclick ?

public void onClick(View v) {
  switch(?????){
    case ???:
      /** Start a new Activity MyCards.java */
      Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyCards.class);
      this.startActivity(intent);
      break;
    case ???:
      /** AlerDialog when click on Exit */
      MyAlertDialog();
      break;
}

I make it simple, if the layout is same i just put the intent it.

My code like this:

public class RegistrationMenuActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {


    private Button btnCertificate, btnSeminarKit;

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

        initClick();
    }

    private void initClick() {
        btnCertificate = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_Certificate);
        btnCertificate.setOnClickListener(this);

        btnSeminarKit = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_SeminarKit);
        btnSeminarKit.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
        switch (view.getId()) {
            case R.id.btn_Certificate:
                break;
            case R.id.btn_SeminarKit:
                break;
        }
        Intent intent = new Intent(RegistrationMenuActivity.this, ScanQRCodeActivity.class);
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

For my example :first 'MainActivity' implements 'View.OnClickListener' than start the code ....

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    init();}


public void init(){

    foryou = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.btn_foryou);
    following = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_following);
    popular = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_popular);
    watching = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_continuewatching);
    mProgress = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.pb);

    foryou.setOnClickListener(this);
    following.setOnClickListener(this);
    popular.setOnClickListener(this);
    watching.setOnClickListener(this);
    mProgress.setOnClickListener(this);
public void onClick(View v) {
    switch (v.getId()) {
        case R.id.btn_foryou:
            foryou.setPaintFlags(foryou.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

            break;
        case R.id.btn_following:
            following.setPaintFlags(following.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

            break;
        case R.id.btn_popular:
            popular.setPaintFlags(popular.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

            break;
        case R.id.btn_continuewatching:
            watching.setPaintFlags(watching.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

            break;
        case R.id.btn_5:
            // foryou.setPaintFlags(foryou.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

            break;
        default:
            foryou.setPaintFlags(foryou.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

    }
}

Another option is to add a new OnClickListener as parameter in setOnClickListener() and overriding the onClick()-method:

mycards_button = ((Button)this.findViewById(R.id.Button_MyCards)); 
exit_button = ((Button)this.findViewById(R.id.Button_Exit));

// Add onClickListener to mycards_button
mycards_button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View view) {
        // Start new activity
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyCards.class);
        this.startActivity(intent);
    }
});

// Add onClickListener to exit_button
exit_button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View view) {
        // Display alertDialog
        MyAlertDialog();
    }
});

And there's yet a third option. In your onCreate() method, find all the button views that you have and save them as class data members. You can then cascade a group of if-else statements to find which is which. It's kind of messy, but it's a must if you don't know the ID of the buttons (which can be complicated if you are generating buttons in java code).

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    if (v == m_myCards) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyCards.class);
        this.startActivity(intent);
    }
    else if (v == m_exit) {
        MyAlertDialog();
    }
    else if (v == m_back) {
        finish();            
    }

Another nice thing about this technique is that it's flexible and quick (no having to parse IDs). The bad thing is that you need to keep the widgets in memory.

Don't know which method is better.

inside OnCreate method :-

{

    Button b = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
    b.setOnClickListener((View.OnClickListener)this);

    b = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);
    b.setOnClickListener((View.OnClickListener)this);
} 

@Override
public void OnClick(View v){

    switch(v.getId()){
         case R.id.button1:
             //whatever
             break;

         case R.id.button2:
             //whatever
             break;
}

public class MainActivity extends Activity
        implements View.OnClickListener {
    private Button btnForward, btnBackword, btnPause, btnPlay;

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

    private void initControl() {
        btnForward = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnForward);
        btnBackword = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnBackword);
        btnPause = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnPause);
        btnPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnPlay);
        btnForward.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnBackword.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnPause.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnPlay.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        switch (v.getId()) {
            case R.id.btnForward:
                break;
            case R.id.btnBackword:
                break;
            case R.id.btnPause:
                break;
            case R.id.btnPlay:
                break;
        }
    }
}