Android : Focus on a view much like selecting a layer in photoshop

Question

Say I have the following layout :

<FrameLayout>
    <Button>
    <ImageView
    android:height="match_parent"
    android:width="match_parent"/>
</FrameLayout>

ImageView spans the whole screen and covers the button below it, but I would still like to be able to click the button. Is this possible? What I want is to change focus to a certain view, ignoring the view hierarchy. In this case I would like to be able to push the button, ignoring the Imageview above it. Is this possible? Something like ImageView.setClickable(false) or layering in Photoshop.

Answer 1

Is there a specific reason why the button can't be on top of the ImageView? If the reason is that the button should not be visible, you could set its background to @android:color/transparent.

Alternatively, have you seen this question ?