Toggle button groups

Note: Segmented buttons are being deprecated in the Material 3 expressive update. For those who have updated, use the connected button group instead, which has mostly the same functionality but with an updated visual design.

Toggle button group (Segmented buttons) can be used to select from a group of choices. There are two types of toggle buttons that can be placed in a toggle button group:

Toggle button
Icon toggle button

Note: Images use various dynamic color schemes.

Design & API documentation

Anatomy

A toggle button has a shared stroked container, icons and/or text labels.

Container
Icon (optional for unselected state)
Label text

More details on anatomy items in the component guidelines.

M3 Expressive

M3 Expressive update

The segmented button is being deprecated. Use the connected button group instead. More on M3 Expressive

M3 Expressive style

Default style in the expressive themes: Widget.Material3Expressive.MaterialButtonToggleGroup

Key properties

Selection attributes

Element	Attribute	Related method(s)
Single selection	`app:singleSelection`	`setSingleSelection`
`isSingleSelection`	`false`
Selection required	`app:selectionRequired`	`setSelectionRequired`
`isSelectionRequired`	`false`
Enable the group and all children	`android:enabled`	`setEnabled`
`isEnabled`	`true`

Container attributes

Element	Attribute	Related method(s)	Default value
Size of inner corners	`app:innerCornerSize`	`setInnerCornerSize`
`getInnerCornerSize`	`0dp`
Spacing between buttons	`android:spacing`	`setSpacing`
`getSpacing`	`0dp`
Group shape (outer corners)	`app:shapeAppearance`	`setShapeAppearance`</br>`getShapeAppearance`	`none`

Styles

Element	Style	Theme attribute
Default style	`Widget.Material3.MaterialButtonToggleGroup`	`?attr/materialButtonToggleGroupStyle`

See the full list of styles and attrs.

Code implementation

Before you can use Material buttons, you need to add a dependency to the Material components for Android library. For more information, go to the Getting started page.

Note: <Button> is auto-inflated as <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton> via MaterialComponentsViewInflater when using a Theme.Material3.* theme.

<h3 id="toggle-button">Adding toggle button</h3>

To emphasize groups of related toggle buttons, a group should share a common container.

Toggle button examples

API and source code:

MaterialButtonToggleGroup
- Class description
- Class source
MaterialButton
- Class description
- Class source

The following example shows a toggle button with three buttons that have text labels.

In the layout:

xml

<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButtonToggleGroup
    android:id="@+id/toggleButton"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <Button
        style="?attr/materialButtonOutlinedStyle"
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Button 1"
    />
    <Button
        style="?attr/materialButtonOutlinedStyle"
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Button 2"
    />
    <Button
        style="?attr/materialButtonOutlinedStyle"
        android:id="@+id/button3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Button 3"
    />
</com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButtonToggleGroup>

In code:

toggleButton.addOnButtonCheckedListener { toggleButton, checkedId, isChecked ->
    // Respond to button selection
}

Adding an icon-only toggle button

The following example shows a toggle button with three buttons that have icons.

In res/values/styles.xml:

xml

<style name="Widget.App.Button.OutlinedButton.IconOnly" parent="Widget.Material3.Button.OutlinedButton">
    <item name="iconPadding">0dp</item>
    <item name="android:insetTop">0dp</item>
    <item name="android:insetBottom">0dp</item>
    <item name="android:paddingLeft">12dp</item>
    <item name="android:paddingRight">12dp</item>
    <item name="android:minWidth">48dp</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">48dp</item>
</style>

In the layout:

xml

<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButtonToggleGroup
    ...>
    <Button
        style="@style/Widget.App.Button.OutlinedButton.IconOnly"
        ...
        app:icon="@drawable/ic_favorite_24dp"
    />
    <Button
        style="@style/Widget.App.Button.OutlinedButton.IconOnly"
        ...
        app:icon="@drawable/ic_add_24dp"
    />
    <Button
        style="@style/Widget.App.Button.OutlinedButton.IconOnly"
        ...
        app:icon="@drawable/ic_search_24dp"
    />
</com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButtonToggleGroup>

<h3 id="icon-toggle-button">Adding icon toggle button</h3>

Icons can be used as toggle buttons when they allow selection, or deselection, of a single choice, such as marking an item as a favorite.

Icon toggle example

API and source code:

CheckBox
- Class description

Note: The CheckBox API is just one of several inputs that can implement the icon button. See other selection controls for more details.

The following example shows an icon that can be used independently or in items of a RecyclerView.

In the layout:

xml

<CheckBox
    android:id="@+id/icon"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:button="@drawable/sl_favourite_24dp"
    app:buttonTint="@android:color/white"
/>

In res/drawable/sl_favourite_24dp.xml:

xml

<selector>
    <item
        android:drawable="@drawable/ic_favourite_outlined_24dp"
        android:state_checked="false" />
    <item
        android:drawable="@drawable/ic_favourite_filled_24dp"
        android:state_checked="true" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_favourite_outlined_24dp" />
</selector>

In code:

icon.setOnCheckedChangeListener { checkBox, isChecked ->
    // Respond to icon toggle
}

Making buttons accessible

Buttons support content labeling for accessibility and are readable by most screen readers, such as TalkBack. Text rendered in buttons is automatically provided to accessibility services. Additional content labels are usually unnecessary.

For more information on content labels, go to the Android accessibility help guide.

Customizing toggle button groups

Theming buttons

Buttons support the customization of color, typography, and shape.

Button theming example

API and source code:

MaterialButton
- Class description
- Class source

The following example shows text, outlined and filled button types with Material theming.

Implementing button theming

Use theme attributes and styles in res/values/styles.xml to add the theme to all buttons. This affects other components:

xml

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*">
    ...
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/shrine_pink_100</item>
    <item name="colorOnPrimary">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
    <item name="textAppearanceLabelLarge">@style/TextAppearance.App.Button</item>
    <item name="shapeCornerFamily">cut</item>
</style>

<style name="TextAppearance.App.Button" parent="TextAppearance.Material3.LabelLarge">
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/rubik</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/rubik</item>
</style>

Use default style theme attributes, styles and theme overlays. This adds the theme to all buttons but does not affect other components:

xml

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*">
    ...
    <item name="borderlessButtonStyle">@style/Widget.App.Button.TextButton</item>
    <item name="materialButtonOutlinedStyle">@style/Widget.App.Button.OutlinedButton</item>
    <item name="materialButtonStyle">@style/Widget.App.Button</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.App.Button.TextButton" parent="Widget.Material3.Button.TextButton">
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.App.Button.TextButton</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.App.Button</item>
    <item name="shapeAppearance">@style/ShapeAppearance.App.Button</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.App.Button.OutlinedButton" parent="Widget.Material3.Button.OutlinedButton">
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.App.Button.TextButton</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.App.Button</item>
    <item name="shapeAppearance">@style/ShapeAppearance.App.Button</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.App.Button" parent="Widget.Material3.Button">
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.App.Button</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.App.Button</item>
    <item name="shapeAppearance">@style/ShapeAppearance.App.Button</item>
</style>

<style name="ThemeOverlay.App.Button.TextButton" parent="ThemeOverlay.Material3.Button.TextButton">
    <item name="colorOnContainer">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
</style>

<style name="ThemeOverlay.App.Button" parent="ThemeOverlay.Material3.Button">
    <item name="colorContainer">@color/shrine_pink_100</item>
    <item name="colorOnContainer">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
</style>

<style name="ShapeAppearance.App.Button" parent="">
    <item name="cornerFamily">cut</item>
    <item name="cornerSize">4dp</item>
</style>

Use one of the styles in the layout. That will affect only this button:

xml


<Button style="@style/Widget.App.Button".../>

Optical centering

Optical centering means to offset the MaterialButton’s contents (icon and/or label) when the shape is asymmetric. Before optical centering, we only provided centering with horizontally asymmetrical shapes.

To turn on optical centering for a given button, use setOpticalCenterEnabled(true). Optical centering is disabled by default. When enabled, the shift amount of the icon and/or text is calculated as a value with the fixed ratio to the difference between left corner size in dp and right corner size in dp. The shift amount is applied to the padding start and padding end.