Handling onTouch events in android - android

So I have an autoScrolling scrollView in my class and I want to intercept the user onTouch event so that it stops the scrolling when they click on the scrollView. How will I implement this functionality? I know it has something to do with Overriding the onTouchEvent function, but when I Override this it doesn't work.
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_1_DOWN:
stopAutoScrolling();
case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_1_UP:
startAutoScrolling();
}
return true;
}

I believe when you return true, you are saying you have handled the onTouchEvent. If you want the normal touch behavior to occur do something like:
return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
That way you call the native code which in your case would perform the scrolling as normal.

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Scrollable MapView inside of a RecyclerView: dispatchTouchEvent vs onTouchEvent

I'm trying to have a scrolling MapView inside of a RecyclerView, therefore I'm setting requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent() before and after the TouchEvent.
The odd thing is: this does work if I set it in the dispatchTouchEvent() method, but it doesn't work if I do the same in the onTouchEvent() method.
Can somebody explain why I cannot set this in onTouchEvent()?
Working:
public class WorkingScrollableListItemMapView extends MapView {
// constructors
#Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
switch (ev.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
// Stop parents from handling the touch
this.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
// Allow parents from handling the touch
this.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
break;
}
return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
}
}
Not working:
public class NotWorkingScrollableListItemMapView extends MapView {
// constructors
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
switch (ev.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
// Allow parents from handling the touch
this.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
// Stop parents from handling the touch
this.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
break;
}
return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
}
}
Call sequence for handling an event are somewhat in this order:
onInterceptTouchEvent, onDispatchTouchEvent, dispatchTouchEvent, onTouchEvent.
That, to me, indicates that the onTouchEvent is the very last step in processing an event. It would be too late to manipulate where & whom handles the event at the very last step. What does the source code say if you look at the earlier methods for handling the event?

Android onScrollChanged() not being called

I am developing an android application which has a scrollview. I have overriden my view from ScrollView and have implemented the onScrollChanged method. As the scrollview scrolls and reaches the bottom, it loads more products and add them to scrollvew. I am having a strange issue. First time when products loads and I try to drag up the scrollview, onScrollChanged never happens. Then I googled and found something:
scrollView.setOnTouchListener(new ListView.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
int action = event.getAction();
switch (action) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
// Disallow ScrollView to intercept touch events.
v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
// Allow ScrollView to intercept touch events.
v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
break;
}
// Handle ListView touch events.
v.onTouchEvent(event);
return true;
}
});
After adding this, when I try to drag the scrollview from empty area of scrollview, it starts to call onScrollChanged and afterwards I start dragging from anywhere else, onScrollChanged is being called. My question is, why it is behaving like that? It should call onScrollChanged from whatever the touch event starts. I hope, I explained my point well. Any solution?
Why don't you use endless adapter with a view like ListView or GridView to achieve the desired behavior instead

onInterceptTouchEvent, onTouchEvent only see ACTION_DOWN

I have a top level ViewGroup, which I call SliderView, in which I want to detect swiping. This is mostly working, but one weird failure persists.
The essence of SliderView is to override onInterceptTouchEvent and, once the user is actually swiping, return "true" to prevent other views from seing the MotionEvent. Here is a snip of code:
public class SliderView extends ViewGroup
{
enum MoveState { MS_NONE, MS_HSCROLL, MS_VSCROLL };
private MoveState moveState = MoveState.MS_NONE;
... other code ...
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent e)
{
final int action = e.getAction();
switch (action & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK)
{
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
moveState = MoveState.MS_NONE;
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
if (moveState == MoveState.MS_NONE)
{
if (motion is horizontal)
{
moveState = MoveState.MS_VSCROLL;
return true;
}
else
moveState = MoveState.MS_VSCROLL; // let child window handl MotionEvent
}
else if (moveState == MoveState.MS_HSCROLL)
return true; // don't let children see motion event.
}
return super.onInterceptTouchEvent (e);
}
... other code ...
}
It is my understanding that my SliderView (which is the outermost view) should always recevie onInterceptTouchEvent. In one of my tests, where the top level child is a However, in the following case, this appears not to be.
When the top level child is a ScrollView, onInterceptTouchEvent gets ACTION_MOVE and my code does what I want. In another case, where the top level child is a LinearLayout, it fails sometimes: it always gets ACTION_DOWN but gets ACTION_MOVE only if the user touches a widget inside the LinearLayout; if touching blank area, only ACTION_DOWN comes through.
I'll note that it behaves as if the fail-case touches are happening outside the SliderView. However, if that were the case, why would I get the ACTION_DOWN events?
Second note: looking at the source code for ScrollView, I see it checking for "inChild"; I have not figured out what that's for and how it might be relevant.
Due to the answer of user123321 here
onInterceptTouchEvent only get called if the parent has a child view which returns "true" from onTouchEvent. Once the child returns true, the parent now has a chance to intercept that event
All you need is to call
requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
on the parent view, like this -
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
switch(motionEvent.getActio){
}
return false;
}
From Android developer's reference (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup.html#onInterceptTouchEvent(android.view.MotionEvent)):
"2.
.... Also, by returning true from onTouchEvent(), you will not receive any following events in onInterceptTouchEvent() and all touch processing must happen in onTouchEvent() like normal."
Maybe because your onTouchEvent always returns true..?
When intercepting onTouchEvent, there are two things to do to properly intercept the touches (all else being default).
Return false in onInterceptTouchEvent()
#Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent me) {
return false;
}
Return true in onTouchEvent()
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent me) {
switch (me.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
log("MotionEvent.ACTION_DONE");
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
log("MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE");
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
log("MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL");
userActionDown = false;
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
log("MotionEvent.ACTION_UP");
break;
}
return true;
}
Then, for your case (and others). Do all your calculations in the onTouchEvent() as shown above. The onInterceptTouchEvent() will only be called once for the ACTION_DOWN. But, the onTouchEvent will also get the ACTION_DOWN event, and you'll need to return true there, rather than the super.
For more information regarding onInterceptTouchEvent(): http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup.html#onInterceptTouchEvent(android.view.MotionEvent)
ps - When you ask questions here, you should also write the description of what you are trying to do. You might quite possibly find much better ways of doing things. For your case of navigation, the real answer you are looking for is ViewPager. It works great and is very easy to implement. You should also check out some other easy navigation patters that Android has to offer developers: link.

OnTouchEvent not working on child views

I have a Linear Layout that has a Button and a TextView on it. I have written a OnTouchEvent for the activity. The code works fine if I touch on the screen, but if I touch the button the code does not work. What is the possible solution for this?
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
int eventaction=event.getAction();
switch(eventaction)
{
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
reg.setText("hey");
break;
}
return true;
}
The problem is the order of operations for how Android handles touch events. Each touch event follows the pattern of (simplified example):
Activity.dispatchTouchEvent()
ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent()
View.dispatchTouchEvent()
View.onTouchEvent()
ViewGroup.onTouchEvent()
Activity.onTouchEvent()
But events only follow the chain until they are consumed (meaning somebody returns true from onTouchEvent() or a listener). In the case where you just touch somewhere on the screen, nobody is interested in the event, so it flows all the way down to your code. However, in the case of a button (or other clickable View) it consumes the touch event because it is interested in it, so the flow stops at Line 4.
If you want to monitor all touches that go into your Activity, you need to override dispatchTouchEvent() since that what always gets called first, onTouchEvent() for an Activity gets called last, and only if nobody else captured the event. Be careful to not consume events here, though, or the child views will never get them and your buttons won't be clickable.
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
int eventaction=event.getAction();
switch(eventaction) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
reg.setText("hey");
break;
default:
break;
}
return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event);
}
Another option would be to put your touch handling code into a custom ViewGroup (like LinearLayout) and use its onInterceptTouchEvent() method to allow the parent view to steal away and handle touch events when necessary. Be careful though, as this interaction is one that cannot be undone until a new touch event begins (once you steal one event, you steal them all).
HTH
Let me add one more comment to this excellent post by #Devunwired.
If you've also set an onTouchListener on your View, then its onTouch() method will be called AFTER the dispatch methods, but BEFORE any onTouchEvent() method, i.e. in between no.3 and no.4 on #Devunwired's answer.
Try to set the descendantFocusability attribute of your layout to blocksDescendants
Activity::onTouchEvent will be called only when non of the views in the Activity WIndow consumes/handles the event. If you touch the Button, the Button will consume the events, so the Activity won't be able to handle it.
Check out following articles for more about Android Touch Event handling pipeline.
http://pierrchen.blogspot.jp/2014/03/pipeline-of-android-touch-event-handling.html
you can also try onUserInteraction():
#Override
public void onUserInteraction(){
//your code here
super.onUserInteraction();
}
works well for me!
RecyclerView list_view = findViewById(R.id.list_view);
list_view.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerView.SimpleOnItemTouchListener(){
#Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(#NonNull RecyclerView rv, #NonNull MotionEvent e) {
View child = rv.findChildViewUnder(e.getX(), e.getY());
Log.i("Hello", "World");
return false;
}
});
use public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) instead on onTouchEvent()

GridView problems with touchlisteners

I'm trying to create a custom GridView but i'm having troubles with the touch listeners.
What i want to do:
Create a GridView with custom Views.
Longpress on an item so it becomes 'editable'.
Drag the view horizontal or vertical to move it's position in the GridView.
Here's where i'm having trouble:
I'm implementing GestureDetector.OnGestureListener for the longpress functions, because for some reason using the gridview.setOnItemLongClickListener() isn't working when overriding the onTouchEvent() of the GridView itself (Which i need for the dragging part). So everything is fine at this point. Now i only need to know when the longpress is finished. So i though: "Well this shouldn't be hard." I couldn't have be more wrong. I've fiddled around for quite some time with this and it looks like using different touch events isn't helping me :/
When stepping through the onTouchEvent() i noticed that only 1 action is given: MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN. So what am i doing wrong? i need the MotionEvent.ACTION_UP...
Found the culprit:
i was doing something like this
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
// Give everything to the gesture detector
boolean retValue = gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE :
onMove();
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP :
onUp();
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
onCancel();
break;
}
return retValue;
}
i think retValue was always returning false so no other events were triggered.
this fixed the issue:
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
// Give everything to the gesture detector
gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE :
onMove();
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP :
onUp();
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
onCancel();
break;
}
return true;
}

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