View bring to front doesnt work

   /**     * Change the view's z order in the tree, so it's on top of other sibling     * views. This ordering change may affect layout, if the parent container     * uses an order-dependent layout scheme (e.g., LinearLayout). Prior     * to {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#KITKAT} this     * method should be followed by calls to {@link #requestLayout()} and     * {@link View#invalidate()} on the view's parent to force the parent to redraw     * with the new child ordering.     *     * @see ViewGroup#bringChildToFront(View)     */    public void bringToFront() {        if (mParent != null) {            mParent.bringChildToFront(this);        }    }

according to this I was simply missing the line

((View)myView.getParent()).requestLayout();

and it worked!

I tried all that. A RelativeLayout was supposed to be on top of a Button but it just didn't want to obey.

In the end I solved it by adding android:elevation="2dp" to the RelativeLayout.

The elevation value is only used in API level 21 and higher. In my case everything below the API level 21 was fine and everything above wasn't.

Hope this might help someone :)

I hope this will be useful for somebody.None of the above solutions worked for me. Why? Because my view that I wanted to be in the frond had an elevation smaller than other view. So the view with bigger elevation was always in front, no matter what.