I found a solution.
In OnSwipeTouchListener.java:
public class OnSwipeTouchListener implements View.OnTouchListener {
private final GestureDetector gestureDetector;
public OnSwipeTouchListener(Context context) {
gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(context, new GestureListener());
}
public void onSwipeLeft() {
}
public void onSwipeRight() {
}
public void onSwipeBottom() {
}
public void onSwipeTop() {
}
public void onDownTouch() {
}
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
}
private final class GestureListener extends GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener {
private static final int SWIPE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD = 100;
private static final int SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD = 100;
@Override
public boolean onDown(MotionEvent e) {
onDownTouch();
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
boolean result = false;
try {
float diffY = e2.getY() - e1.getY();
float diffX = e2.getX() - e1.getX();
if (Math.abs(diffX) > Math.abs(diffY)) {
if (Math.abs(diffX) > SWIPE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD) {
if (diffX > 0) {
onSwipeRight();
} else {
onSwipeLeft();
}
result = true;
}
}
else if (Math.abs(diffY) > SWIPE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(velocityY) > SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD) {
if (diffY > 0) {
onSwipeBottom();
} else {
onSwipeTop();
}
result = true;
}
} catch (Exception exception) {
exception.printStackTrace();
}
return result;
}
}
}
And in activity:
To detect button release press: (on click)
public void timerButtonPressed(View view) {
}
To detect swipes and down press:
timerButton.setOnTouchListener(new OnSwipeTouchListener(timerActivity.this) {
public void onSwipeLeft() {
}
public void onSwipeRight() {
}
public void onSwipeBottom() {
}
public void onSwipeTop() {
}
public void onDownTouch() {
}
});
If you also need to process click events here some modifications:
public class OnSwipeTouchListener implements OnTouchListener {
private final GestureDetector gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(new GestureListener());
public boolean onTouch(final View v, final MotionEvent event) {
return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
}
private final class GestureListener extends SimpleOnGestureListener {
private static final int SWIPE_THRESHOLD = 100;
private static final int SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD = 100;
@Override
public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
boolean result = false;
try {
float diffY = e2.getY() - e1.getY();
float diffX = e2.getX() - e1.getX();
if (Math.abs(diffX) > Math.abs(diffY)) {
if (Math.abs(diffX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD) {
if (diffX > 0) {
result = onSwipeRight();
} else {
result = onSwipeLeft();
}
}
} else {
if (Math.abs(diffY) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(velocityY) > SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD) {
if (diffY > 0) {
result = onSwipeBottom();
} else {
result = onSwipeTop();
}
}
}
} catch (Exception exception) {
exception.printStackTrace();
}
return result;
}
}
public boolean onSwipeRight() {
return false;
}
public boolean onSwipeLeft() {
return false;
}
public boolean onSwipeTop() {
return false;
}
public boolean onSwipeBottom() {
return false;
}
}
And sample usage:
background.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
toggleSomething();
}
});
background.setOnTouchListener(new OnSwipeTouchListener() {
public boolean onSwipeTop() {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "top", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
public boolean onSwipeRight() {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "right", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
public boolean onSwipeLeft() {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "left", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
public boolean onSwipeBottom() {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "bottom", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
});
