Set ImageView's visibility (programmatically) before setContentView - Android

Question

I don't like editing elements' XML attributes, so I prefer doing it programmatically. Is there any alternative to setting an ImageView's visibility to INVISIBLE and changing it back to VISIBLE in the Java code? Is there any way I can do both programmatically, i.e., set the ImageView's visibility to INVISIBLE and make it visible again using Java code? I guess it won't work the usual way as such code can be used only after setContentView(). For example, I might want to process the image and then display it rather than display it and then process it, etc. So, if I want to do something like that, which can be achieved only programmatically, and only after setContentView(), how should I go about it?

Answer 1

No, It's not possible. Instead, you can use the myLayout.xml file for default values. then, after setContentView() you can change that as you want using:

imageView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

It is not possible because setContentView() binds the class with their layout and run it to give the default values, then you can override the default values using the code above.

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One way to play around that is using LayoutInflater like the code below:

View view = LayoutInflater.from(getApplicationContext()).inflate(R.layout.myLayout, null,false);

But you will end up with the same result (with a lot more of code), and yet you need to bind the class with their layout and set their content view.