Android - move an ImageView on screen (Like dragging)

Question

I\'m trying to create an app that can move an ImageView on your device like dragging and when I put like 75% of the ImageView out of the screen show a

Answer 1

Your routine works for the most part. In the following code, I have commented out sections that are not needed and made notations for those parts that need some explanation. Here is what the finished product looks like:

This graphic explains how the left margin is calculated. The same type of calculation applies to the top margin.

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnTouchListener {

    int windowwidth; // Actually the width of the RelativeLayout.
    int windowheight; // Actually the height of the RelativeLayout.
    private ImageView mImageView;
    private ViewGroup mRrootLayout;
    private int _xDelta;
    private int _yDelta;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // We are interested when the image view leaves its parent RelativeLayout
        // container and not the screen, so the following code is not needed.
//        DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
//        this.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
//        windowwidth = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
//        windowheight = displaymetrics.heightPixels;
        mRrootLayout = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.root);
        mImageView = (ImageView) mRrootLayout.findViewById(R.id.im_move_zoom_rotate);

        // These these following 2 lines that address layoutparams set the width
        // and height of the ImageView to 150 pixels and, as a side effect, clear any
        // params that will interfere with movement of the ImageView.
        // We will rely on the XML to define the size and avoid anything that will
        // interfere, so we will comment these lines out. (You can test out how a layout parameter
        // can interfere by setting android:layout_centerInParent="true" in the ImageView.
//        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(150, 150);
//        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(150, 150);
//        mImageView.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
        mImageView.setOnTouchListener(this);

        // Capture the width of the RelativeLayout once it is laid out.
        mRrootLayout.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                windowwidth = mRrootLayout.getWidth();
                windowheight = mRrootLayout.getHeight();
            }
        });
    }

    // Tracks when we have reported that the image view is out of bounds so we
    // don't over report.
    private boolean isOutReported = false;

    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {
        final int X = (int) event.getRawX();
        final int Y = (int) event.getRawY();

        // Check if the image view is out of the parent view and report it if it is.
        // Only report once the image goes out and don't stack toasts.
        if (isOut(view)) {
            if (!isOutReported) {
                isOutReported = true;
                Toast.makeText(this, "OUT", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        } else {
            isOutReported = false;
        }
        switch (event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                // _xDelta and _yDelta record how far inside the view we have touched. These
                // values are used to compute new margins when the view is moved.
                _xDelta = X - view.getLeft();
                _yDelta = Y - view.getTop();
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN:
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP:
                // Do nothing
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) view
                    .getLayoutParams();
                // Image is centered to start, but we need to unhitch it to move it around.
                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
                    lp.removeRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
                    lp.removeRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_VERTICAL);
                } else {
                    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_HORIZONTAL, 0);
                    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_VERTICAL, 0);
                }
                lp.leftMargin = X - _xDelta;
                lp.topMargin = Y - _yDelta;
                // Negative margins here ensure that we can move off the screen to the right
                // and on the bottom. Comment these lines out and you will see that
                // the image will be hemmed in on the right and bottom and will actually shrink.
                lp.rightMargin = view.getWidth() - lp.leftMargin - windowwidth;
                lp.bottomMargin = view.getHeight() - lp.topMargin - windowheight;
                view.setLayoutParams(lp);
                break;
        }
        // invalidate is redundant if layout params are set or not needed if they are not set.
//        mRrootLayout.invalidate();
        return true;
    }

    private boolean isOut(View view) {
        // Check to see if the view is out of bounds by calculating how many pixels
        // of the view must be out of bounds to and checking that at least that many
        // pixels are out.
        float percentageOut = 0.50f;
        int viewPctWidth = (int) (view.getWidth() * percentageOut);
        int viewPctHeight = (int) (view.getHeight() * percentageOut);

        return ((-view.getLeft() >= viewPctWidth) ||
            (view.getRight() - windowwidth) > viewPctWidth ||
            (-view.getTop() >= viewPctHeight) ||
            (view.getBottom() - windowheight) > viewPctHeight);
    }
}

activity_main.xml