Question

I have a bit of doubt. I am using an image button (e.g. Play icon in media player). I want to know which action Listener I am supposed to use, onClickListener or onTouchListener. What is the difference between those two actions and when should I use either.

Answer 1

• onClickListener is used whenever a click event for any view is raised, say for example: click event for Button, ImageButton.

• onTouchListener is used whenever you want to implement Touch kind of functionality, say for example if you want to get co-ordinates of screen where you touch exactly.

Update:

Just check the official doc for both: onClickListener and onTouchListener.

So from official doc, definition for both are:

• onClickListner: Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when a view is clicked.
• onTouchListener: Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when a touch event is dispatched to this view. The callback will be invoked before the touch event is given to the view.