How to handle ACTION_DOWN and ACTION_MOVE independently - android

I asked a similar question before but the answer was not very helpful and I can't find any solution for this problem.
I want to know a method to detect ACTION_DOWN when we only touch a certain view and to detect ACTION_MOVE when we only move our finger on screen, because all I am getting is ACTION_DOWN and ACTION_MOVE being called at the same time when I place my finger on the view.
can anyone please post a simple code for how to do that.

That are raw motion events. You can probably use GestureDetector and detect click and swipe.
Problem is that ACTION_MOVE will be called when any move is detected, for example applying just a little more pressure when touching screen might move touch point few pixels around.

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When I print out the events they are showing the exact same things. At least the last onScroll() and the onFling().
The only true difference I noticed is that onScroll() is called much more often, fling always just one time.
The difference between Scroll and fling
onFling: is that the user lifts his finger in the end of the movement (that is the reason for what onFling is called one time).
onScroll: is the general process of moving the viewport (that is, the 'window' of content you're looking at).
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Scrolling is the general process of moving the viewport (that is, the
'window' of content you're looking at). When scrolling is in both the
x and y axes, it's called panning. The sample application provided
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I am creating an Android game that uses touch input. I noticed that, when I put down a finger and move it, there is a threshold of a couple of pixels until the first MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE is generated. What is the correct way of disabling this threshold filter?
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I am testing this sample on version 13 of android (3.2) and I have an issue when there is multiple touches on screen.
When I first touch, then there is an action_down event, if I make another simultaneous touch, then I won't get another action_down, my first touch keeps active and I can keep getting action_move from the first touch.
The problem is, when I release the first touch and move the second, it creates a line to that touch, because it generates another action_move event.
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I am developing an Android application. I am novice in Touch enabled Android Application. I have read the article about onFling and onScroll events on:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/GestureDetector.OnGestureListener.html
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