state_pressed remains true while onClick is running

Question

I want to set a different background color for a button only while the button is being touched by the user.

But that color remains that way during the whole time onClick for that button is running even though I am no longer touching the button

Please help me find a solution to this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="#777777" />
    <item android:color="@android:color/black" />
</selector>

onClick execution should be quick. If it is a long-running operation it should be moved to a background thread. — Dan Harms, May 17 '22 at 15:48
Its a few seconds long. I'll try making the long part run outside of onClick — Mitul Agrawal, May 17 '22 at 15:50
This will help you-https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3882064/how-to-change-color-of-button-in-android-when-clicked — Sandesh Khutal, May 17 '22 at 16:00

Goni Schindler · Answer 1 · 2022-05-17T17:20:38.157

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Assuming your on-click method takes a long time, You should add a second item for stating the case of the button not being pressed:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="#777777" />
    <item android:state_pressed="false" android:color="#000000"/>
    <item android:color="@android:color/black" />
</selector>

edited May 17 '22 at 17:20

answered May 17 '22 at 17:19

Goni Schindler

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thanks for sharing , but didn't work – Mitul Agrawal May 18 '22 at 02:52

state_pressed remains true while onClick is running

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