“Press and hold” button on Android needs to change states (custom XML selector) using onTouchListener

Question

I\'ve got a button graphic which needs to have \"press and hold\" functionality, so instead of using onClickListener, I\'m using onTouchListener so that the app can react to

Answer 1

I figured it out! Just use view.setSelected() as follows:

@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
    if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN){
        yourView.setSelected(true);
        ...
        return true;
    }
    else if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP){
        yourView.setSelected(false);
        ...
        return true;
    }
    else 
        return false;
}

That'll make your selector work even if your view has an onTouch listener :)