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OnTouch method consumes click event and prevents execution in parent


I'm having a FrameLayout that has an extended ImageView (github) as a child. When I set an onClick()-Event to the FrameLayout it won't be triggered. The reason appears to be the onTouch() method's return value.

If I set the ACTION_DOWN's return value to false the event is passed along properly - but then the Multitouch functionalities break. Also running performClick() in the ACTION_UP event comes to nothing.

How to handle those events correctly?


Solution

  • Currently I solved the issue by manually passing the click event to the view's parents:

    new GestureDetector( context, new GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener()
    {
        @Override
        public boolean onSingleTapConfirmed( MotionEvent event )
        {
            View view = MultitouchImageView.this;
    
            if( !performClick() )
            {
                while( view.getParent() instanceof View )
                {
                    view = (View) view.getParent();
    
                    if( view.performClick() )
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                }
    
                return false;
            }
    
            return true;
        }
    
        ... 
    }
    

    Doing the same thing for an occuring LongPress event. It works the way I need it but I don't like the solution..