title: Changing the content of framelayout on button click
body: <p>Right I have a main layout defined, that has a frame, a table in that frame and then at the bottom a horizontal scroll view with a load of buttons. When the button is clicked the content of frame should change to a new table, just like when you choose a different tab in the tab layout tutorial (not using a tab layout as I have lots of buttons that don't fit on the screen unless scrolled)</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:orientation="vertical"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:padding="5dp"&gt;
          &lt;FrameLayout
              android:id="@+id/tabcontent"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"            
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="1.2"            
              android:padding="5dp" android:background="@color/white"&gt;
              &lt;TableLayout android:id="@+id/Jobs" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:stretchColumns="*"&gt;
                  &lt;TableRow android:id="@+id/JobRow" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"&gt;
                      &lt;TextView android:id="@+id/JobID" android:layout_column="1" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@color/black"&gt;&lt;/TextView&gt;
                      &lt;TextView android:id="@+id/JobStatus" android:layout_column="2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@color/black"&gt;&lt;/TextView&gt;
                      &lt;TextView android:id="@+id/Customer" android:layout_column="3" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@color/black"&gt;&lt;/TextView&gt;
                      &lt;TextView android:id="@+id/Department" android:layout_column="4" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@color/black"&gt;&lt;/TextView&gt;
                      &lt;TextView android:id="@+id/DocType" android:layout_column="5" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@color/black"&gt;&lt;/TextView&gt;
                  &lt;/TableRow&gt; 
              &lt;/TableLayout&gt;
          &lt;/FrameLayout&gt;
          &lt;HorizontalScrollView 
              android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:scrollbars="none"&gt;
              &lt;LinearLayout 
                  android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_width="fill_parent"&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:id="@+id/batching" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/batching"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:id="@+id/merging" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/merging"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:id="@+id/processing" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
                  &lt;ImageButton android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/processing"&gt;&lt;/ImageButton&gt;
              &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
          &lt;/HorizontalScrollView&gt;
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now for tabs changing the content of the tab seemed quite easy like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
      Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
      TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();  // The activity TabHost
      TabHost.TabSpec spec;  // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
      Intent intent;  // Reusable Intent for each tab
  
      // Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
      intent = new Intent().setClass(this, ArtistsActivity.class);
  
      // Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
      spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("artists").setIndicator("Artists",
                        res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_artists))
                    .setContent(intent);
      tabHost.addTab(spec);
  
      // Do the same for the other tabs
      intent = new Intent().setClass(this, AlbumsActivity.class);
      spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("albums").setIndicator("Albums",
                        res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_albums))
                    .setContent(intent);
      tabHost.addTab(spec);
  
      intent = new Intent().setClass(this, SongsActivity.class);
      spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("songs").setIndicator("Songs",
                        res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_songs))
                    .setContent(intent);
      tabHost.addTab(spec);
  
      tabHost.setCurrentTab(2);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I do something similar with the frame content and buttons? I was thinking something along the lines of</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);      
  
      Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
      final Intent batchingIntent, mergingIntent, processingIntent;
  
      // Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)        
  
  
      final Button batchButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.batching);
      batchingIntent = new Intent().setClass(this, BatchingActivity.class);
      batchButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
          public void onClick(View v) {
              // Perform action on clicks
              FrameLayout frame = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabcontent);
              frame.setContent(batchingIntent) // doesn't exist obviously
          }
      });
  </code></pre>