ToggleButton isChecked vs isActivated - Android

Question

I'm trying to see what method of the ToggleButton widget is used to check if it is switched to "on" or "off", and I couldn't make out of the reference if it's isChecked() or isActivated()

What are the differences between the two?

Answer 1

View.setActivated() says in the JavaDoc that the activated state has nothing to do with CheckBox or ToggleButton, but with some kind of selection state that a generic View can be in when in a ListView.

The developers even apologize for the confusion:

Um, yeah, we are deeply sorry about the terminology here

isActivated() is also only available on API levels > 11.

isChecked() is from CompoundView, which ToggleButton and CheckBox both extend from. This is the state that you want to be checking for. It is available on all API levels.

Answer 2

use isChecked() for ON and OFF

if (isChecked()) {
        // The toggle is enabled  ON state
    } else {
        // The toggle is disabled  OFF state
    }

As i know there is no isActivated() method for toggle button, it is for a view either it is active or not.