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This example is a part of the Mapbox Android Demo app. You can find the values for all referenced resources in the res directory. For example, see res/values/activity_strings.xml for R.string.* references used in this example. The dependencies can be found here.The examples use View binding.See setup documention if necessary.

activity_style_show_hide_layers
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:mapbox="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".examples.styles.ShowHideLayersActivity">

    <com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
        android:id="@+id/mapView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLat="-13.517379300798098"
        mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLng="-71.97722138410576"
        mapbox:mapbox_cameraZoom="15"/>

    <com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
        android:id="@+id/fab_layer_toggle"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="end|bottom"
        android:layout_margin="16dp"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_layers_24dp"
        tools:backgroundTint="@color/colorAccent"/>

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
ShowHideLayersActivity.java
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package com.mapbox.mapboxandroiddemo.examples.styles;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;

import com.mapbox.mapboxandroiddemo.R;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.Mapbox;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapboxMap;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.Style;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.CircleLayer;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.Layer;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.sources.VectorSource;

import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.Property.NONE;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.Property.VISIBLE;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circleColor;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circleRadius;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.visibility;

/**
 * Toggle visibility of a dataset with a Button.
 */
public class ShowHideLayersActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  private MapView mapView;
  private MapboxMap mapboxMap;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Mapbox access token is configured here. This needs to be called either in your application
    // object or in the same activity which contains the mapview.
    Mapbox.getInstance(this, getString(R.string.access_token));

    // This contains the MapView in XML and needs to be called after the access token is configured.
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_style_show_hide_layers);
    mapView = findViewById(R.id.mapView);
    mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mapView.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
      @Override
      public void onMapReady(@NonNull MapboxMap mapboxMap) {
        ShowHideLayersActivity.this.mapboxMap = mapboxMap;
        mapboxMap.setStyle(Style.LIGHT, new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
          @Override
          public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {
            style.addSource(
              new VectorSource("museums_source", "mapbox://mapbox.2opop9hr")
            );

            CircleLayer museumsLayer = new CircleLayer("museums", "museums_source");
            museumsLayer.setSourceLayer("museum-cusco");
            museumsLayer.setProperties(
              visibility(VISIBLE),
              circleRadius(8f),
              circleColor(Color.argb(255, 55, 148, 179))
            );
            style.addLayer(museumsLayer);

            findViewById(R.id.fab_layer_toggle).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View view) {
                toggleLayer();
              }
            });
          }
        });
      }
    });
  }


  private void toggleLayer() {
    mapboxMap.getStyle(new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
      @Override
      public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {
        Layer layer = style.getLayer("museums");
        if (layer != null) {
          if (VISIBLE.equals(layer.getVisibility().getValue())) {
            layer.setProperties(visibility(NONE));
          } else {
            layer.setProperties(visibility(VISIBLE));
          }
        }
      }
    });
  }

  @Override
  public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    mapView.onResume();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    mapView.onStart();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    mapView.onStop();
  }

  @Override
  public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    mapView.onPause();
  }

  @Override
  public void onLowMemory() {
    super.onLowMemory();
    mapView.onLowMemory();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    mapView.onDestroy();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    mapView.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
  }
}
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