I'm working on an app that plots nodes on a map, and each node has edges that are represented by a line between them. I've drawn the edges using Canvas and drawLine(), but it would be useful if the lines themselves could be clickable. By that I mean a method of allowing the user to touch the line or think they're touching the line and an event can trigger. (like display edge info, etc...)
I can't rightly attach a touch event to a line I've drawn with Canvas, so I was thinking of placing ImageViews inbetween the ends of each edge line that's drawn. The ImageView could be a dot so it's clear where the touch event triggers.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? I'm mainly looking for ideas that I've missed. Maybe there's something in the Android API that can help with this that I'm unaware of.
Thanks in advance for any tips!
Use a path to draw the line:
Path linePath;
Paint p;
RectF rectF;
float point1X, point1Y, point2X, point2Y;
// initialize components
// draw the line
linePath.moveTo(point1X, point1Y);
linePath.lineTo(point2X, point2Y);
canvas.drawPath(linePath, p);
linePath.computeBounds(rectF, true);
Override onTouchEvent(MotionEvent):
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
float touchX = event.getX();
float touchY = event.getY();
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
if (rectF.contains(touchX, touchY)) {
// line has been clicked
}
break;
}
return true;
}
Related
This is a basic code for detecting touch + drawing a custom view :
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { //Basic onTouch code for scrolling along the Y axis
super.onTouchEvent(event);
if(event.getActionMasked()==MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN){
mPrevious = event.getY();
}
if(event.getActionMasked()==MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE){
float distance = mPrevious - event.getY();
scrollBy(0,Math.round(distance));
mPrevious = event.getY();
}
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
//Basic drawing of a circle at (200,200)
canvas.drawCircle(200f,200f,50f, defaultPaint);
//canvas.setMatrix(new Matrix());
Log.d("CANVAS", "("+canvas.getMatrix().toString()+")");
}
I'm working with a custom view, I'm trying to implement user scrolling functionality using scrollBy, but it looks like I'll have to create the logic myself.
I still want to understand how this function works. When I print log the canvas matrix in the last line, it correctly displays the new coordinates, and onDraw is called every time the touch moves.
But if I uncomment canvas.setMatrix, suprisingly nothing changes functionality-wise. The only difference now is that the console log shows that the canvas matrix is always equal to identity mx, even if it's correctly being scrolled. Why? How can scrollBy completely overwrite canvas drawing?
UPDATE: please read entire question again :-)
Background:
I have created a grid of dots by creating a custom view and then adding these views to a TableLayout. The aim is for me to be able to draw a line from one of these dots to another dot in a way so that when a dot is pressed, a line is started from the center of the pressed dot to the point where the finger is currently touching. When the finger is dragged over another dot, the line then finishes at the center of that dot. The result being a line drawn from the center of the pressed dot to the center of the dot which was dragged over by the finger.
To create a line going over the TableLayout, I created a new custom view which just created a line between points with the canvas.drawLine() method. I then created a FrameLayout in which I put the TableLayout and the LineView. This meant the line view would be able to be drawn on top of the TableLayout.
Current Situation:
I have added touch listener in the DotView class so that it can have its own “touch feedback”. There is also another touch listener in the activity which I am trying to use to get the points needed to draw the line. The touch listeners are working fine as far as I can tell - they are not interfering with each other.
The problem is getting the correct coordinates to plot the line. I have tried a number of ways to get the coordinates of the center of the dot that was pressed (the starting point of the line), but I still have not managed it. This question, has more information: Get the coordinates of the center of a view . The second part is getting the correct end point of the line. For the purposes of this question, I would just like the end of the line to follow the position of the finger. I thought it was as easy as motionevent.getX() / getY() but this hasn’t worked. What happened instead was that there was a mix up between the coordinates on a scale relative to the layout of the dot and the coordinates relative to the whole layout/screen.
Simply put: the getX() and getY() values are incorrect, and this is what I am trying to solve here.
As shown in the screenshots, when I press down on a dot, the start point of the line is roughly in the right place, but the end point is way off. I can’t really explain why.
I have tried getRawX() and getRawY() and they return more much more accurate values, but they are still incorrect by the amount of padding (or something like that - I don’t 100% understand).
This shows my code
In my Activity :
LineView test;
FrameLayout fl;
float startPointX = 0;
float startPointY = 0;
// Removed
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {
float eventX = event.getX();
float eventY = event.getY();
int[] loc = new int[2];
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
if (view instanceof DotView) {
DotView touchedDv = (DotView) view;
int dotColor = touchedDv.getColor();
test.setColor(dotColor);
float[] f = touchedDv.getDotCenterLocationOnScreen();
startPointX = f[0];
startPointY = f[1];
test.setPoints(startPointX, startPointY, eventX, eventY);
fl.addView(test);
}
vib.vibrate(35);
return false;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
test.setPoints(startPointX, startPointY, eventX, eventY);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
fl.removeView(test);
return false;
default:
return false;
}
return true;
}
And finally the LineView:
public class LineView extends View {
public static final int LINE_WIDTH = 10;
Paint paint = new Paint();
float startingX, startingY, endingX, endingY;
public LineView(Context context) {
super(context);
paint.setColor(Color.MAGENTA);
paint.setStrokeWidth(LINE_WIDTH);
}
public void setPoints(float startX, float startY, float endX, float endY) {
startingX = startX;
startingY = startY;
endingX = endX;
endingY = endY;
invalidate();
}
#Override
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
canvas.drawLine(startingX, startingY, endingX, endingY, paint);
}
NOTES:
I am calling the top left hand dot "dot 1".
The screenshots may not be entirely accurate as my finger moves
slightly when I take the screenshot, but the behaviour I described is
happening.
If any other information/code is wanted, I will happily provide it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this - sorry it is so long!
I have added touch listener in the DotView class so that it can have
its own “touch feedback”. There is also another touch listener in the
activity which I am trying to use to get the points needed to draw the
line. The touch listeners are working fine as far as I can tell - they
are not interfering with each other.
I don't quite see why you need both touch listener. To draw the line the touch listener on the TableLayout should be more than enough.
The problem with your code(or at least from what I've seen) is that you use the getLocationOnScreen(coordsArray) method without translating the returned values back to the coordinates system of the LineView. For example, you get the coordinates of a DotView which will be x and y. You then use this values in the LineView. But, the LineView when it will do its drawings will use its own(standard) coordinates system which places the top-left of the view at (0,0) and the coordinates will not match. Here's an example: suppose you touch the very first DotView which has a height of 50 and the y returned by the getLocationOnScreen() method is 100. You calculate the center of the DotView wich will come be at 125(100 + 50 / 2). Using this value in the LineView will be way off the normal position as the actual drawing will be done at 125, which in screen coordinates will visually translate to a y of 225 (100 returned by getLocationOnScreen() + 125).
Anyway I've made a small example using the getLocationOnScreen() method to do what you're trying to do(which you can find here).
I'm working on an Android app and I want to add some eyecandy to the UI. I have an activity (let's call it MainActivity) which has some text fields, buttons and a gallery on it.
What I would like to achieve is: When the user touches somewhere on this activity, there should be some visual effect at the point where he touched (e.g. something like sparkles etc.).
So the essential parts of my question are:
a) How can I determine where the user touched
b) how can I draw my effects on to the screen (as an 'overlay' to the activity).
Thanks in advance for every helpful answer.
(I've checked out this answer but it doesn't seem to be applicable to my situation. )
First, you have to add onTouchListener to your root Layout, then you can get coordinates, where the user has touched the screen.
example :
float x,y;
rl = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.root_layout);
rl.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
float x = event.getX();
float y = event.getY();
return super.onTouchEvent();
}
});
You should override the onTouchEvent method of your activity. You can then obtain the coordinates of the touch event:
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
float touchX = event.getX();
float touchY = event.getY();
switch(event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
// touch down
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
// movement
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
// touch up
break;
default:
// default
}
return super.onTouchEvent(event);
}
To answer further on your question, to have a overlay, look at the APIDemos -> Graphics -> OpenGL ES -> Translucent GLSurfaceView. This will help you to create overlay on your activity. There may be some other example in API demos which will get you some help. Android's API Demos are good set of examples to address some known issues.
If you are working on ICS then I recommend you to look at the Developer Options in Settings application. If you are not working with ICS, I believe you can look at the APIDEMOS for touchevents. They draw lines on touches. The code in that, can get you started.
How to make picture in a Canvas onTouch, like a button. Just to be press and nothing else. I can insert picture in Canvas, now how can I make her onTouch? Can somebody pls give me easy exsample? Dont be mad, cuz this is probably stupid and easy question
Thank you
public boolean handleTouch(MotionEvent event)
{
float newX = event.getX();
float newY = event.getY();
switch (event.getAction())
{
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
if (isInRect((int) newX, (int) newY))
{
refreshView();
}
//....
}
}
You cannot add an onClick or onTouch listener to something you've drawn with the canvas. These listeners can only be applied to views.
Another method will be to apply the onTouchListener to the view, and find the touch position to find whether the touch was on the pictures position.
I am making a canvas and setting its background which is an image
I am adding text on it by canvas. Drawtext method which works perfectly alright
now I want these text to be clickable but i couldn't find any method
The other method I could think of was to add text box on canvas add write on click event of these text box but could not find any example related to this can anybody suggest what to do.
Canvas is a space where you can just draw some graphics, thus the only way to do what you want is detecting when the user click the surface the canvas is drawn on (e.g. a SurfaceView), and using the coordenates you just fire an event. Of course, you need to verify whether the click was done on the specific part you want (e.g. the area where you drew a button or something).
Use the onTouchEvent method. Here is an example I used for finding out if the user's click coordinates are in a List of rectangles (aka buttons):
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent( MotionEvent event) {
super.onTouchEvent(event);
int x = (int)event.getX();
int y = (int)event.getY();
xStored = x; yStored=y;
if (event.getAction()==MotionEvent.ACTION_UP){
}else if(event.getAction()==MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN){
System.out.println("Touching down!");
for(Rect rect : rectangles){
if(rect.contains(x,y)){
System.out.println("Touched Rectangle, start activity."+x+","+y);
invalidate();
}else{
}
}
}else if(event.getAction()==MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE){
}
this.postInvalidate();
return true;
}