code: public static void showView(View parentView, int id) {
          if (parentView != null) {
            View view = parentView.findViewById(id);
            if (view != null) {
                view.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            } else {
                Log.e("Caffeine", "View does not exist.  Could not show it.");
            }
          }
      }
docs: Sets visibility of the given view to <code>View.VISIBLE</code>.
  
  @param parentView The View used to call findViewId() on.
  @param id         R.id.xxxx value for the view to show.