Home/ Questions/Q 8168455
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-06T20:31:56+00:00

I have a button and OnTouchListener attached to it. How can I find if

  • 0

I have a button and OnTouchListener attached to it. How can I find if motion (when user presses the button) happened inside or outside it? Both event.getAction() and event.getActionMasked() return only 0, 1 or 2, which is ActionDown, ActionUp, ActionMove, respectively. There’s a constant MotionEvent.ACTION_OUTSIDE, which is 4, but somehow I don’t receive it even if I drag touch outside the button – I still receive 2 from both methods. What’s the problem?

UPD: I’ ve found nice solution – just check focused state on view after ACTION_UP. If it’s not focused, it means that movement happened outside the view.

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    That flag only applies to Windows, not Views. You will get ACTION_MOVE when you move your finger off the View, the event stays in the View it originated with. Look at the source code for SeekBar if you need clarification: even if you move your finger off the bar, the thumb still drags!

    For doing this at the Window level use FLAG_WATCH_OUTSIDE_TOUCH, it works just fine.

    • 0