Android highlight an imagebutton when clicked

Question

I am using an ImageButton. But I don get the highlight when clicked. I googled and many suggested to use selector where another image is displayed. Is there any way

Answer 1

Without having to create multiple images (pressed, normal etc) and even don't have to create selector. Use setOnTouchListener rather than setOnClickListener. The below code will give you the grey overlay on the clicked item.

 ((ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.myImageBtn)).setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

      @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
          switch (event.getAction()) {
          case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: {
              ImageButton view = (ImageButton ) v;
              view.getBackground().setColorFilter(0x77000000, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
              v.invalidate();
              break;
          }
          case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:

              // Your action here on button click

          case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL: {
              ImageButton view = (ImageButton) v;
              view.getBackground().clearColorFilter();
              view.invalidate();
              break;
          }
          }
          return true;
        }
    });