What Is Toggle Button in Android?
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A toggle button allows the user to change a setting between two states. You can add a basic toggle button to your layout with the ToggleButton object. Android 4.0 (API level 14) introduces another kind of toggle button called a switch that provides a slider control, which you can add with a Switch object.

Which is the toggle button?

Since Android 4.0, there is another type of toggle button called switch that provides slider control. Android ToggleButton and Switch both are the subclasses of CompoundButton class.
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XML Attributes of ToggleButton class.

XML Attribute Description
android:disabledAlpha The alpha to apply to the indicator when disabled.

How do you know if toggle button is pressed?

Important Note: Android Switch and ToggleButton both are the subclasses of CompoundButton class. How To Check Current State Of ToggleButton: To check current state of a toggle button programmatically we use isChecked() method. This method returns a Boolean value either true or false.

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