setVisibility on android native view module

[soxunyi]

I use android native view in js file，If a sub view 'mViewXXX' of native view is setVisibility(View.GONE) before render on screen， and click other button of native view to show mViewXXX（using setVisibility(VISIBLE)）, but mViewXXX is not show on screen. And I found its width and height are both zero, but its visibility is VISIBLE. Why from setVisibility(GONE) to setVisibility(VISIBLE) not work? Anyone encounter this issue?

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[satya164]

Can you give an example and code sample on what are you trying to achieve?

[soxunyi]

@satya164
I submit demo project as follows：https://github.com/soxunyi/reactnative_android_nativeview_visibility_issue

Please run react-native run-android, then click button ’Click me!‘ on home page, but the right button can not be shown. You can see the following code in MyView.java

Button bt1 = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_test1);
        final Button bt2 = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_test2);
        bt1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override public void onClick(View v) {
                bt2.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                Toast.makeText(mReactContext, "Button 2 should be shown! But not shown! Why?", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });

Thanks

[satya164]

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[charpeni]

@soxunyi have you found out why? I think I may have encounter this issue as well in RN 0.52.