# Visibility property does not work on Adroid with absolute positioning **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [November 26, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106 "2018-11-26T07:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/1 "2018-11-26T07:29:50Z")
The visibility property for the orange list viewer and the red label is turned off, but they are beautifully displayed on the Android screen. [https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5bdbeee501d4d95f4b9c834d/project/properties/designer/](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5bdbeee501d4d95f4b9c834d/project/properties/designer/) ![%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/6/66d5280495210d0610659ae87e11fb5cc825bfae.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mark/32/18133_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/2 "2018-11-26T18:01:31Z")
@actech We discovered that bug too! It should be fixed in our next release. FYI, the real issue is that the ‘Get’ block for the ‘Visible’ property wasn’t working correctly. -Mark ---
**Author:** ![paulmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@paulmw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/paulmw)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/3 "2018-11-27T20:01:32Z")
This is a problem with one of the libraries we use. I don’t think it will be fixed in the next release. We know it has nothing to do with the blocks. ---
**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/4 "2019-07-19T21:19:31Z")
I am trying to make a greyed out screen and loading icon, to stop users changing data while it is uploaded. I am using a column absolutely positioned over the entire screen, and a loading icon. This means users cannot click buttons twice or change the input details. But even when set to invisible at the start, it does nothing. I have tried setting invisible using blocks and the designs settings navigator on the right. Any update on a fix for this? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/7/f76d8d135aea77b1ad3ec0b3f95f2a397e79953c.png) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/5 "2019-07-20T09:07:15Z")
The visible property does not work for absolute positioning on Android. To fix this, make it invisible by setting the width and height = 0 or place the component with absolute positioning in the component in a container without absolute positioning and hide it. ---
**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/6 "2019-07-20T11:52:16Z")
Thanks @actech ---
**Author:** ![maptheunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maptheunknown](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maptheunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/7 "2020-08-12T15:49:25Z")
Is this still happening on Android? Thunkable team working on this bug? ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/8 "2020-08-13T08:38:06Z")
Yes, this doesn’t work on my Android. ---
**Author:** ![Balanced\_Kitchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Balanced\_Kitchen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Balanced_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/9 "2020-10-10T07:07:38Z")
When the component (row or column) is in the absolute position, the visible and invisible option does not work for Android. This problem is still unresolved. Did you forget it or can’t it be resolved? ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/visibility-property-does-not-work-on-adroid-with-absolute-positioning/58106/10 "2024-11-08T11:52:35Z")