How can I programmatically display a ViewFlipper's second child?

Question

I have a ViewFlipper with 3 children.

I want to be able to display any of these children initially. So for example, maybe I want the ViewFlipper to load initially with the 2nd child and not the 1st.

EDIT: I know I can use the getChildAt(int index) method.

When a child in a ViewFlipper is shown, how can I get that child's index?

Otha

Answer 1

I want to be able to display any of these children initially. So for example, maybe I want the ViewFlipper to load initially with the 2nd child and not the 1st.

Call setDisplayedChild().

When a child in a ViewFlipper is shown, how can I get that child's index?

Call getDisplayedChild().

Sagerman

setDisplayedChild() does not work good with setInAnimation(). If animation is added, ViewFlipper does not hide other items than which is shown, all views are put on top of each other – Homerhomere

Answer 2

bringChildToFront(child) does nothing but changes the index value of the child.

In order to bring a child to the front without using showNext() or showprevious(),

use

setDisplayedChild() and indexOfChild() together.

example

vf.setDisplayedChild(vf.indexOfChild(child));

where child is the view that needs to be brought front.

Thanks

Suomi

Great answer, here is how I did: vF.setDisplayedChild(vF.indexOfChild(findViewById(R.id.view))); – Solidus