SetTranslation not performed in onResume/onStart methods after onPause

So I have a field of ImageButtons defined in XML whose positions are translated as follows:

public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus){
    super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
    imageButton1.setTranslationX(10);
    //etc etc

This works fine and moves each member within the field as desired. However, after cycling through lifecycle methods

onPause onStop onDestroy onCreate onStart onResume

setTranslationX(int x) seems to fail to work and all ImageButtons return to their locations as defined in XML. I have tried placing it directly in these lifecycle methods, or calling it from them, or from onWindowFocusChanged again, but this doesn't seem to work.

Any advice??