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New layout doesn't pop up

I am making an app in android Studio and if you open the app on your phone you see the Launcer activity. I have a button that sends you to a new activity where te game is located. Once i click the Start button, The app closes and doesn't goes to the other activity. Why is that?
This is my code of the Launcher activity:
package joenio.sirname;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class SirName_launcher extends AppCompatActivity {
public static Button button_start;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_sir_name_launcher);
StartButton();
}
public void StartButton(){
button_start = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_start);
button_start.setOnClickListener(
new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent1 = new Intent("joenio.sirname.Game");
startActivity(intent1);
}
}
);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_sir_name_launcher, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
And this is the code of the second activity:
package joenio.sirname;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class Game extends AppCompatActivity {
public static EditText editText_surname;
public static TextView textView_name;
public static Button button_check;
int x =0; //to keep track of qustions
//Context editText_this = this;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_game);
Displayquestions();
}
public void Displayquestions(){
final ArrayList<String> mQuestionList = new ArrayList<>();
mQuestionList.add("1+2");
mQuestionList.add("6+8");
mQuestionList.add("5 * 6");
mQuestionList.add("8*5");
mQuestionList.add("6+16");
mQuestionList.add("18-5");
textView_displayquestion.setText((mQuestionList.get(x)));//displayquestion is textview
final ArrayList<String> mAnswerList=new ArrayList<>();
mAnswerList.add("3");
mAnswerList.add("14");
mAnswerList.add("30");
mAnswerList.add("40");
mAnswerList.add("22");
mAnswerList.add("13");
//button_check is the button when user click it will first check answer and than move to next question if answer is correct
button_check.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//editText_this;
String answer = editText_ans.getText().toString();
if (answer.equals(mAnswerList.get(x))) {
x = x + 1;
textView_displayquestion.setText(mQuestionList.get(x)); //answer is correct display next quesion
Toast.makeText(getApplication().getBaseContext(),
(R.string.Nice), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(getApplication().getBaseContext(),
(R.string.tryagain), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});
}
}

You are no where initializing your TextView and Button which must be causing NullPointerException.
Change your Game activity like this
TextView textView_displayquestion;
Button button_check;
EditText editText_ans;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_game);
textView_displayquestion = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.displayquestion); //change as per your id
button_check = (Button)findViewById(R.id.buttoncheck); //change as per your id
editText_ans = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.answer); //change as per your id
Displayquestions();
}

In your button click , change the code as below.
Intent intent1 = new Intent(SirName_launcher.this, Game.class);
startActivity(intent1);
And also add the new Game Activity in your Manifest file too.

launching Activity only once(First app use) Using Boolean flags

So i got my firstScreen that i want to be shown just on the first app use.
and i have my mainActivity which will follow the firstScreen.
Im only starting with android and i don't want to use the solutions brought in here: How to launch activity only once when app is opened for first time? AND Can I have an android activity run only on the first time an application is opened? because i dont know SharedPreferrences yet.
So how can i achieve that using Boolean flags?
I have got:boolean firstTimeUse = false; In my firstScreenActivity
And when i start myMainActivity i set the flag to true;
firstTimeUse = true;
Intent intent = new Intent(FirstScreen.this,MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
The problem is the MainActivity doesn't recognize the Boolean variable.
Am i doing it wrong? Or i can still make some modifications and do it with flags?
EDIT
FirstScreen.java:
package com.example.predesignedmails;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class FirstScreen extends AppCompatActivity
{
TextView welcomeTextTextView;
String welcomeText;
ImageButton goToMainImageButton;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_first_screen);
viewsInitialization();
welcomeText = "Welcome to Pre Designed Mails.\n"
+ "In here you will have a tons of Emails templates for about every purpose you will need.\n"
+ "Just fill the small details and click Send.\n\n"
+ "Send E-mails fast and efficient!";
welcomeTextTextView.setText(welcomeText);
welcomeTextTextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
goToMainImageButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(FirstScreen.this,MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.first_screen, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings)
{
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onResume()
{
super.onResume();
if (SettingsManager.getBoolean(this, SettingsManager.FIRST_LAUNCH, true))
{
SettingsManager.saveBoolean(this, SettingsManager.FIRST_LAUNCH, false);
// First launch code
Log.d("FirstLaunchCheckUp","First Launch");
}
}
private void viewsInitialization()
{
welcomeTextTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.welcome_text_text_view_id);
goToMainImageButton = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.go_to_main_button_id);
}
}
The onResume() method i added manually. It wasn't added automatically when i crated a new activity in Eclipse.
MainActivity.java:
package com.example.predesignedmails;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
{
Button hatefullMailButton;
Button loveMailsButton;
Button welcomeScreenButton;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getWindow().getDecorView().setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.main_activity_background_color)); // Setting background color
viewsInitialization();
hatefullMailButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,HatefulMailsActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
loveMailsButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,LoveMailsActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
welcomeScreenButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,FirstScreen.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings)
{
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
private void viewsInitialization()
{
hatefullMailButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.hateful_email_button_id);
loveMailsButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.love_email_button_id);
welcomeScreenButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.welcome_screen_button_id);
}
}

In your Activity
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (SettingsManager.getBoolean(this, SettingsManager.FIRST_LAUNCH, true)){
SettingsManager.saveBoolean(this, SettingsManager.FIRST_LAUNCH, false);
//your first launch code
}
}
SharedPreference helper class
public class SettingsManager
{
public static final String FIRST_LAUNCH= "first_lauch";
public static String getString(Context context, String key, String defValue) {
return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getString(key, defValue);
}
public static int getInt(Context context, String key, int defValue) {
return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getInt(key, defValue);
}
public static boolean getBoolean(Context context, String key, boolean defValue) {
return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getBoolean(key, defValue);
}
public static void saveString(Context context, String key, String value) {
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).edit().putString(key, value).commit();
}
public static void saveInt(Context context, String key, int value) {
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).edit().putInt(key, value).commit();
}
public static void saveBoolean(Context context, String key, boolean value) {
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).edit().putBoolean(key, value).commit();
}
}
For the future you can write more simple methods on this SettingsManager, like
public static int getFirstLaunch(Context context) {
return getBoolean(context, FIRST_LAUNCH, true);
}
public static int saveFirstLaunch(Context context, boolean value) {
return saveBoolean(context, FIRST_LAUNCH, value);
}
And use it like
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (SettingsManager.getFirstLaunch(this)){
SettingsManager.saveFirstLaunch(this, false);
//your first launch code
}
}

The reason why firstScreen does not recognize boolean firstTimeUse in mainActivity is because it does not yet exist. Only after you have executed the line startActivity(intent) will there exist an object of class mainActivity. Basically, you cannot set a boolean on something that does not yet exist.
Instead, what you can do is pass extra information to an activity that is to be started. When the just-started-activity is initializing itself it can read the extra information and act on it.
So build your intent for the activity you want to start and also set extra information in the 'extras':
Intent intent = new Intent(FirstScreen.this,MainActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("firstTimeUse", true);
startActivity(intent);
Now for your MainActivity to know the value of firstTimeUse it must read the extras:
public class MainActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
boolean firstTimeUse = getIntent().getBooleanExtra("firstTimeUse", false);
// do processing dependent on whether it's the first time or not
}
}
This should solve your problem of "the MainActivity doesn't recognize the Boolean variable".

How do I make my buttons show up in random places until the button is pressed?

I have tried basically everything! I am trying to make a short mini-game where you have to press the image that pops up on the screen. The image moves to different points of the application randomly, but the problem is I cannot continue moving the image around! The image is a button by the way!
GameView.java
package interactive.siddiqui.fortuneteller;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import java.util.Random;
public class GameView extends Activity{
private Button btn;
private boolean tf = false;
private final int SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGTH = 500;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_game_view);
boolean foo = true;
while(foo = true) Click();
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_game_view, menu);
return true;
}
public void Click() {
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button9);
Random r = new Random();
int x = r.nextInt(480);
int y = r.nextInt(800);
btn.setX(x);
btn.setY(y);
}
}, SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGTH);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
public void bob(View view){
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(GameView.this, Finished.class);
startActivity(intent);
tf = true;
}
});
}
}
This mainly applies to Java, but I will add in the corresponding XML file too.
XML File
<RelativeLayout 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:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="interactive.siddiqui.fortuneteller.GameView"
android:background="#drawable/background_fortune">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=""
android:id="#+id/button9"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/small_fortune"
android:onClick="bob"
android:layout_x = "0dp"
android:layout_y = "0dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
How do I do this? I just want the button to show up in random places until the button is clicked! THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK, by the way...

Instead of using a infinite while, which locks the UI thread (so you won't see any updates to the position), use a Timer and a TimerTask.
Also, your bob method, you were assigning a new click listener, which I assume t wasn't what you actually wanted.
Anyway, try this and if you have any doubt about the code, just ask :)
package interactive.siddiqui.fortuneteller;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
public class GameView extends Activity{
private Button btn;
private boolean tf = false;
private boolean canMove = true;
private Timer timer;
private final long SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGTH = 500;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_game_view);
start();
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_game_view, menu);
return true;
}
public void start()
{
canMove = true;
timer = new Timer();
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(
new TimerTask()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
moveButton();
}
},
SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGTH,
SPLASH_DISPLAY_LENGTH
);
}
private void moveButton()
{
if(!canMove){ return; }
runOnUiThread(
new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
Button btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button9);
Random r = new Random();
int x = r.nextInt(480);
int y = r.nextInt(800);
btn.setX(x);
btn.setY(y);
}
}
);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
public void bob(View view)
{
canMove = false;
if(timer != null)
{
try
{
timer.cancel();
timer.purge();
}catch(Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); }
timer = null;
}
Intent intent = new Intent(GameView.this, Finished.class);
startActivity(intent);
tf = true;
}
}

Class won't execute properly inside main activity? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How to use java classes within one activity?
(4 answers)
Closed 7 years ago.
How can you use a java class within one activity, by that I mean is having different components of that activity spread out in a bunch of java classes. I'm a little new to android and this is what I have tried so far:
MainActivity.java
package com.example.alex.myapplication;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
new Something(this);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Something.java
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.app.Activity;
public class Something {
private Activity activity;
private Button add,subtract,multiply,devide;
private EditText editA, editB, editC;
private double doubleA,doubleB,doubleC;
public Something(Activity a){
activity=a;
click();
}
public void click(){
editA = (EditText) activity.findViewById(R.id.editText);
editB = (EditText) activity.findViewById(R.id.editText2);
editC = (EditText) activity.findViewById(R.id.editText3);
doubleA =Double.parseDouble(editA.getText().toString());
doubleB =Double.parseDouble(editB.getText().toString());
add = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.add);
subtract = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.subtract);
multiply = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.multiply);
devide = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.devide);
add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
doubleC = doubleA+doubleB;
String s = "" + doubleC;
editC.setText(s);
}
});
subtract.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
doubleC = doubleA-doubleB;
String s = "" + doubleC;
editC.setText(s);
}
});
multiply.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
doubleC = doubleA*doubleB;
String s = "" + doubleC;
editC.setText(s);
}
});
devide.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
doubleC = doubleA/doubleB;
String s = "" + doubleC;
editC.setText(s);
}
});
}
}
So I wasn't sure why my listeners weren't working on my buttons so I tried passing the activity to the class that has the listeners added to the buttons but that didn't work in fact now my application won't even start in the emulator. All I wanted to do was have "MainActivity" handle the "Gui" and have the "Something" class handle the listeners but no matter what I do I can't seem to make them communicate with one another to form one Activity.
Someone suggested to do a pass in main activity Something s = new Something(MainActivity.this); and call it from within main activity like this s.click(); but that didn't work.

in android every class that extends activity just have a one xml Layout to view and handle this XML file just in it's Activities,and you can make a lot of java classes that send alot of parameter but when you want to handle XML behavioral you should do in own class that Extends Activity,so you can do this:
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
Button myBtn;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
new Something(this);
myBtn=(Button)findViewById(R.id.Btn);
myBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

How to make Android method work recurrently?

I have designed an app that displays text when tapped once and displays it differently on a Long Press and on a Double Tap. However, I observe that the methods are called once. That is once I either long press or tap once or double tap, the corresponding method is called and then on subsequent tapping or press does not do anything. What can be done to make the app work not just once?
package com.example.hello;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.GestureDetector;
import android.view.GestureDetector.OnDoubleTapListener;
import android.view.GestureDetector.OnGestureListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.view.View.OnLongClickListener;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements OnTouchListener {
private TextView shownamecenter;
private TextView shownamecustom;
private RelativeLayout myimage;
int x, y;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
shownamecenter = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.shownamecenter);
shownamecustom = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.shownamecustom);
myimage = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.myimage);
shownamecenter.setText("");
shownamecustom.setText("");
myimage.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
showNameOnSingleTap();
return;
}
});;
myimage.setOnTouchListener(this); //{
myimage.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {
#Override
public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
showNameInCustomPosition(shownamecustom, x, y);// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return true;
}
});
return;
}
private void showNameOnSingleTap() {
Timer countdown = new Timer(false);
countdown.schedule(new TimerTask() {
#Override
public void run() {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
shownamecenter.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
});
}
},3000);
shownamecustom.setText("");
shownamecenter.setText("My Text");
shownamecenter.setTextColor(0xff00ff00);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutparameters = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams)shownamecenter.getLayoutParams();
layoutparameters.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_IN_PARENT, -1);
shownamecenter.setLayoutParams(layoutparameters);
findViewById(R.id.myimage).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
shownamecenter.setText("");
return;
}
});
return;
}
private void showNameInCustomPosition(TextView customview, int x, int y) {
Timer countdown = new Timer(false);
countdown.schedule(new TimerTask() {
#Override
public void run() {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
shownamecustom.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
});
}
},3000);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams relout = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) customview.getLayoutParams();
relout.leftMargin = x-50;
relout.topMargin = y-50;
customview.setLayoutParams(relout);
shownamecenter.setText("");
shownamecustom.setText("My Text");
shownamecustom.setTextColor(0xff00ff00);
class GestureListener extends GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener {
#Override
public boolean onDoubleTap(MotionEvent e) {
shownamecustom.setText("");
showNameOnSingleTap();
return true;
}
}
return;
}
//}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
x = (int)event.getRawX();
y = (int)event.getRawY();
return false;
}
}

The problem is because you are redefining what happens when you click on the image, which isn't terribly good practice because it makes it difficult to keep track of what should be going on. A View can only ever have one Listener of each type, so when you do
private void showNameOnSingleTap() {
//...
findViewById(R.id.myimage).setOnClickListener (new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override public void onClick(View v) {
shownamecenter.setText(""); return;
}
});
}
You are changing what happens every time that you click the image after that. Rather than calling your method showNameOnSingleTap() when it's clicked, it is only setting the text and not calling your method. Instead of reassigning the onClickListener, just keep a boolean variable to determine what you want to do.
boolean textIsVisible = false;
private void showNameOnSingleTap() {
if(textIsVisible) {
//hide text
textIsVisible = false;
shownamecenter.setText(View.INVISIBLE);
}
else {
Timer countdown = new Timer(false);
countdown.schedule(new TimerTask() {
#Override
public void run() {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
shownamecenter.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
textIsVisible = false;
}
});
}
},3000);
//show text
textIsVisible = true;
}
}