capturing both clicks and drags in android

Question

I am overriding both onTouch and onClick. Each is supposed to result in different actions (very important). I don't want a touch to be both a touch and a click: it must be either-or. I am not having much luck. How do I get my app to discriminate between onTouch and onClick? Right now, either I get onTouch by itself or I get both onTouch and onClick together (based on whether I change onTouch to return true or false).

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '13 at 17:11

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An easy solution is to just use onTouch(). Look for ACTION_UP and ACTION_DOWN. Store the position of the touch in ACTION_DOWN, and in ACTION_UP if the distance between the touch and the stored touch are < X then fire a custom click event, otherwise fire the drag event.

answered Jul 29 '13 at 17:11

Samuel

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Awesome! It just occurred to me to try that. Great minds think alike. I assume it will work. (will let you know if it doesn't). – Cote Mounyo Jul 29 '13 at 17:24
Yes, I get you a preemptive check mark. But it does work! Thanks! – Cote Mounyo Jul 29 '13 at 17:50

capturing both clicks and drags in android

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