I want my app to recognize when a user swipes from right to left on the phone screen.
How to do this?
You don't need complicated calculations.
It can be done just by using OnGestureListener
interface from GestureDetector
class.
Inside onFling
method you can detect all four directions like this:
MyGestureListener.java
:
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.GestureDetector;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
public class MyGestureListener implements GestureDetector.OnGestureListener{
private static final long VELOCITY_THRESHOLD = 3000;
@Override
public boolean onDown(final MotionEvent e){ return false; }
@Override
public void onShowPress(final MotionEvent e){ }
@Override
public boolean onSingleTapUp(final MotionEvent e){ return false; }
@Override
public boolean onScroll(final MotionEvent e1, final MotionEvent e2, final float distanceX,
final float distanceY){ return false; }
@Override
public void onLongPress(final MotionEvent e){ }
@Override
public boolean onFling(final MotionEvent e1, final MotionEvent e2,
final float velocityX,
final float velocityY){
if(Math.abs(velocityX) < VELOCITY_THRESHOLD
&& Math.abs(velocityY) < VELOCITY_THRESHOLD){
return false;//if the fling is not fast enough then it's just like drag
}
//if velocity in X direction is higher than velocity in Y direction,
//then the fling is horizontal, else->vertical
if(Math.abs(velocityX) > Math.abs(velocityY)){
if(velocityX >= 0){
Log.i("TAG", "swipe right");
}else{//if velocityX is negative, then it's towards left
Log.i("TAG", "swipe left");
}
}else{
if(velocityY >= 0){
Log.i("TAG", "swipe down");
}else{
Log.i("TAG", "swipe up");
}
}
return true;
}
}
usage:
GestureDetector mDetector = new GestureDetector(MainActivity.this, new MyGestureListener());
view.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
@Override
public boolean onTouch(final View v, final MotionEvent event){
return mDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
}
});