How to prevent double code running by clicking twice fast to a button in Android

Question

If i click fast to my button in my Android app, it seems that code behind it runs twice. If i click my menu button twice the activity that has to be launch onclick just star

Answer 1

You can Disable the view temporarily like this

public static void disableTemporarly(final View view) {

        view.setEnabled(false);
        view.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {

                view.setEnabled(true);
            }
        });
    }

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Edit:

The above solution will work fine. But it will become even better when using the power of Kotlin

1) Create the SafeClikc Listener

class SafeClickListener(
        private var defaultInterval: Int = 1000,
        private val onSafeCLick: (View) -> Unit
) : View.OnClickListener {

    private var lastTimeClicked: Long = 0

    override fun onClick(v: View) {
        if (SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - lastTimeClicked < defaultInterval) {
            return
        }
        lastTimeClicked = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
        onSafeCLick(v)
    }
}

2) Add extension function to make it works with any view, this will create a new SafeClickListener and delegate the work to it

fun View.setSafeOnClickListener(onSafeClick: (View) -> Unit) {

    val safeClickListener = SafeClickListener {
        onSafeClick(it)
    }
    setOnClickListener(safeClickListener)
}

3) Now it is very easy to use it

settingsButton.setSafeOnClickListener {
    showSettingsScreen()
}

Happy Kotlin ;)