Question

Im developing a 2d game rightnow.

Im using:

@Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {

So basicly I want my person.X to increase while I’m holding down the screen.

It both works and don’t, first my person do move but I have to spam press the screen.

Isn’t there a way like: as long as you touch screen reapeat this code?

//Simon

Answer 1

Return true in the onTouchEvent method to show that you have handled the event and to continue to receive touch events (such as MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE and MotionEvent.ACTION_UP).

If you want to keep changing the game state while a user is holding down the screen I suggest running a separate thread (you should already have one?) that will update it separately according a boolean set by a MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN and reset by a MotionEvent.ACTION_UP.

Remember you can access the type of MotionEvent by using MotionEvent.getAction() (in this case event.getAction())