Continuous input from eventTrigger OnPointerDown

Question

Just like Input.GetKey() for keyboard is there any way to take continuous input from UI button event trigger OnPointerDown ? Because for movement controls with animation its giving very weird output? I have to click it again and again which I don't want to!

And if answer is manually tracking then how to do that ?

Answer 1

You can do this with the OnPointerDown and OnPointerUp functions then use a simple boolean variable to keep the states. You can then check of the press in the Update function.

public class YourCode : MonoBehaviour, IPointerDownHandler, IPointerUpHandler
{
    bool pointerDown = false;

    public void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        pointerDown = true;
    }

    public void OnPointerUp(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        pointerDown = false;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (pointerDown)
        {
            //Your Code
        }
    }
}