How to hide an element inside a gridview?

Question

Android

I'm trying to remove a view in a gridview and hide it. It can only be made invisible. but instead of it there is an empty space. how to force other elements to move into its place?
here's what I'm trying:

public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();
        if (id == ACTION_DELETE) {
            AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
            int index = info.position;
            View view = info.targetView;
            view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}

and the following code throws an error

public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();

        if (id == ACTION_DELETE) {
            AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
            int index = info.position;
            View view = info.targetView;
            GridView gv = (GridView)view.getParent();
            gv.removeView(view);
}

Please help me understand what is wrong.