Question

Is it possible to have the seekbar move only when the thumb is moved.
Right now the seekbar moves even on finger touch in the
progressdrawable. How do we disable the movement of the seekbar on
finger touch of the progressdrawable?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Override the OnTouchListener for the seekbar and only process the movement on the thumb when the MotionEvent is a move event.

event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE

Update : 1

Something like this will work but the catch is that even if the user moves the thumb 2 units the seekbar moves. And you should really not stop this behavior as it would mess the the seekbar.

seekBar.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE){
                    Log.d(TAG, "Moved , process data, Moved to :" + seekBar.getProgress());
                    seekBar.setProgress(seekBar.getProgress());
                    return false;
                }
                Log.d(TAG, "Touched , Progress :" + seekBar.getProgress());
                return true;
            }
        });