How to disable ViewPager from swiping in one direction

Question

I want to allow the user swipe in a ViewPager only from right to left. So once he passed a page he can\'t come back to it. How can this be done?

I tried

Answer 1

package com.contacts_app.jamison.contacts__proprivacy4;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;

public class ViewPager_Settings extends ViewPager
{
private final String TAG = ViewPager_Settings.class.getSimpleName();
public float startX;

public ViewPager_Settings(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
public static int dpTOpx(double dp)
{
    return (int) (dp * Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().density);
}
public static int pxTOdp(double px)
{
    return (int) (px / Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().density);
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/*****DispatchTouchEvent for the View Pager to intercept and block swipes Right*****/
@Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev)
{
    final int actionMasked = ev.getActionMasked() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK;
    //int movement_limit = pxTOdp(50);
    switch (actionMasked)
    {
        case (MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN):
        {
            startX = ev.getX();
            Log.i(TAG, "startX: " + startX);

            /*Should always be this below*/
            return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
        }
        case (MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE):
        {
            Log.i(TAG, "ev.getX() - startX:" + (ev.getX() - startX));

            /*Switching directional changes would be a matter of flipping the  "<" sign in the line below.*/
            if (ev.getX() - startX > 0)
            {
                /*The result is that the ViewPager will not swipe from left*/
                ev.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);;
            }

            /*Should always be this below*/
            super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
        }
        /**The ACTION_UP case statement is only needed if you don't want to pass down the touch event 
        * to buttons that may receive the click after the swipe is blocked.*/
        /*case (MotionEvent.ACTION_UP):
        {
            //Log.i(TAG, "movement_limit: " + movement_limit);

            //(-50) may need to be changed to something more broader in scope to accompany all screen densities
            if ( (ev.getX() - startX) < (-50) )
            {
                ev.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);
            }

            //Should always be this below
            super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
        }*/
    }
    /*Should always be this below*/
    return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
}
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

}/*****END OF FILE*****/

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