I changed the background of my button to #000000
(black) and stopped performing the click demonstration (it turned blue when clicked)
<Button
android:id="@+id/btNext2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="@string/Next"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:background="#000000"
android:textColor="#ffffff"/>