Tracing a MotionEvent in a ViewGroup

Question

I have a class extends ViewGroup and want to get every MotionEvent from it. So far I have this:

class TestViewGroup extends ViewGroup {
     public TestViewGroup(Context context) {
         super(context);
     }

     @Override
     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
         Log.d("TestViewGroup", "X: " + (int)event.getX() + " Y: " + (int)event.getY());
         return true;
     }
 }

The onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) method is able to capture a MotionEvent every time I place my finger on the screen. But if I move my finger around the screen while my finger is still down, it won't continue to trace the coordinates of my finger. I know that in a class that extends a View, it is possible to keep tracing the finger as it moves through the View. I'm just wondering how it is possible to apply the same idea to a ViewGroup.

Answer 1

I implemented a very simple ViewGroup class and copied your code, the onTouchEvent worked fine

The only thing I did differently was implement all of the constructors, though in general I would also call the super for the onTochEvent class that did not seem to make a difference.

So I am wondering if there is any code/xml you are leaving out that might make a difference?

Captures all touch events in emulator and on device, pretty much just like yours with the exception of the constructors.

public class customViewGroup extends ViewGroup {

    public customViewGroup(Context context) {
        super(context,null,0);
   }

    public customViewGroup(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs,0);

    }

    public customViewGroup(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onLayout(boolean arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3, int arg4) {

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        Log.d("bThere", "X: " + (int)event.getX() + " Y: " + (int)event.getY());
        return true;//super.onTouchEvent(event);
    }

}