How to change the view at runtime

I currently using a layout named "ax", Now I have to switch to full screen view and for some time with some button on it which is there in linear layout , on click of one of the view I want to come back to normal view ("ax")开发者_开发知识库, How can I do that ? if i do setContentView(ax); then it redraws the view , which is not permitted.

You could create a seperate activity for the full screen view. This will be shown on top of the ax view, which will remain untouched.