Detect ongoing touch event

Question

I am currently trying to detect an ongoing touch event in my Android app. In detail I want to recognize within a fragment whether the user touches any part of the app's screen.

Android's OnTouchListener works as expected except if the touch event lasts longer than a few seconds without moving.

For example the first 1-2 seconds of touch are being detected but everything after won't.

Is there something like an "OnPressListener" or a workaround?

Answer 1

I finally found it out.

The solution is to use a simple OnTouchListener:

private boolean pressed = false;

@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
    int action = event.getAction();
    if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
        pressed = true;

    } else if ((action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
            || (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL)) {
        pressed = false;
    }

    return true;
}