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android get button text while touch down and move


I have a layout with 4 Buttons and text view and would make a small game by select letters to create a word.

My question is about how to get more than one button value in one single touch and move over the button? I tried by this code but get just one value every single touch and when move not get any value of other buttons

layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txtresult"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="102dp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
        android:text="A" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="160dp"
        android:text="T" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="90dp"
        android:text="C" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn4"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="82dp"
        android:text="F" />

</RelativeLayout>

Activty

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnTouchListener {
    Button btn1, btn2, btn3, btn4;
    TextView txtresult;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        btn1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn1);
        btn2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn2);
        btn3 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn3);
        btn4 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn4);
        txtresult = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtresult);

        btn1.setOnTouchListener(this);
        btn2.setOnTouchListener(this);
        btn3.setOnTouchListener(this);
        btn4.setOnTouchListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
        if (motionEvent.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
            switch (view.getId()) {
                case R.id.btn1:
                    txtresult.setText(txtresult.getText().toString() + btn1.getText().toString());
                    break;
                case R.id.btn2:
                    txtresult.setText(txtresult.getText().toString() + btn2.getText().toString());
                    break;
                case R.id.btn3:
                    txtresult.setText(txtresult.getText().toString() + btn3.getText().toString());
                    break;
                case R.id.btn4:
                    txtresult.setText(txtresult.getText().toString() + btn4.getText().toString());
                    break;
            }


        }
        return false;
    }
}

Result should be like this:

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Solution

  • I think you should set a touch listener on your layout's view and try to get X and Y and detect if X and Y of the touch point are on your buttons.

    Take a look at Detect touch event on a view when dragged over from other view