First thing you should know about gone vs invisible:
- View.GONE This view is invisible, and it doesn’t take any space for layout purposes.
- View.INVISIBLE This view is invisible, but it still takes up space for layout purposes.
Thinking about the impact on measuring.
Which one is more efficient all depends on how frequently you are
changing the view’s visibility.For example, if the view is not visible for a majority of the time,
making it GONE would probably be more efficient, because the system
would not be needlessly measuring and laying out your invisible view
whenever it needs to adjust other views on the screen.On the other hand, if the view changes between visible and invisible
frequently, you might get better performance from INVISIBLE as you
would potentially avoid an extra measure/layout on each transition.