Is it possible to have an Kinematic Body that moves along x axis, but still responds to user input to move it in y direction

Using andengine I'm trying to create a ball that will move across the screen at a set velocity, but I want to be able to move the ball when the user swipes up or down. This is what I have to move in x direction

FixtureDef BoxBodyFixtureDef =
            PhysicsFactory.createFixtureDef(20f, 0f, 0.5f);
    kinematicBody = PhysicsFactory.createBoxBody(mPhysicsWorld,
            mMarbleSprite, BodyType.KinematicBody, BoxBodyFixtureDef);
            mPhysicsWorld.registerPhysicsConnector(new PhysicsConnector(
            mMarbleSprite, kinematicBody));

            kinematicBody.setLinearVelocity(1f, 0f);
            kinematicBody.setAngularVelocity((float) (-Math.PI));

and in onSceneTouchEvent I have

mMarbleSprite.setY(pSceneTouchEvent.getY());

I could move the Sprite easily before, but since adding velocity in x direction it does not respond to swiping screen. Thanks for any help

Solution

If you are connecting your sprite to physics world then you have to update your body than sprite as follows:

kinematicBody.setTransform(pSceneTouchEvent.x/PTM_RATIO, pSceneTouchEvent.y/PTM_RATIO, 0);

Then you have to update sprites position every time in your update Handler as follows: get all bodies in world Now get position of body then update sprite position

Iterator<Body> it = bxWorld.getBodies();`
    while(it.hasNext()) {
                    Body b = it.next();
                    Object userData = b.getUserData();

                    if (userData != null && userData instanceof Sprite) {
                        //Synchronize the Sprites position and rotation with the corresponding body
                        final Sprite sprite = (Sprite)userData;
                        final Vector2 pos = b.getPosition();
                        sprite.setPosition(pos.x * PTM_RATIO, pos.y * PTM_RATIO);
                        sprite.setRotation(-1.0f * ccMacros.CC_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES(b.getAngle()));

                    }   
                }