In Android, you can use “android.widget.RadioButton” class to render radio button, and those radio buttons are usually grouped by android.widget.RadioGroup. If RadioButtons are in group, when one RadioButton within a group is selected, all others are automatically deselected.
In this tutorial, we show you how to use XML to create two radio buttons, and grouped in a radio group. When button is clicked, display which radio button is selected.1. Custom String
Open “res/values/strings.xml” file, add some custom string for radio button.
File : res/values/strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, MyAndroidAppActivity!</string>
<string name="app_name">MyAndroidApp</string>
<string name="radio_male">Male</string>
<string name="radio_female">Female</string>
<string name="btn_display">Display</string>
</resources>2. RadioButton
Open “res/layout/main.xml” file, add “RadioGroup“, “RadioButton” and a button, inside the LinearLayout.
File : res/layout/main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RadioGroup
android:id="@+id/radioSex"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<RadioButton
android:id="@+id/radioMale"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/radio_male"
android:checked="true" />
<RadioButton
android:id="@+id/radioFemale"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/radio_female" />
</RadioGroup>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnDisplay"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/btn_display" />
</LinearLayout>Radio button selected by default.
To make a radio button is selected by default, put android:checked="true" within the RadioButtonelement. In this case, radio option “Male” is selected by default.
3. Code Code
Inside activity “onCreate()” method, attach a click listener on button.
File : MyAndroidAppActivity.java
package com.mkyong.android;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.RadioButton;
import android.widget.RadioGroup;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MyAndroidAppActivity extends Activity {
private RadioGroup radioSexGroup;
private RadioButton radioSexButton;
private Button btnDisplay;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
addListenerOnButton();
}
public void addListenerOnButton() {
radioSexGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioSex);
btnDisplay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDisplay);
btnDisplay.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// get selected radio button from radioGroup
int selectedId = radioSexGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
// find the radiobutton by returned id
radioSexButton = (RadioButton) findViewById(selectedId);
Toast.makeText(MyAndroidAppActivity.this,
radioSexButton.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
}4. Demo
Run the application.
1. Result, radio option “Male” is selected.
2. Select “Female” and click on the “display” button, the selected radio button value is displayed.
