Android - Movable/Draggable Floating Action Button (FAB)

Question

I am using a FloatingActionButton in my app. Occasionally, it overlaps essential content, so I would like to make it so the user can drag the FAB out of the way.

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Answer 1

Try this:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnTouchListener {
  float dX;
  float dY;
  int lastAction;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    final View dragView = findViewById(R.id.draggable_view);
    dragView.setOnTouchListener(this);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {
    switch (event.getActionMasked()) {
      case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
        dX = view.getX() - event.getRawX();
        dY = view.getY() - event.getRawY();
        lastAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN;
        break;

      case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
        view.setY(event.getRawY() + dY);
        view.setX(event.getRawX() + dX);
        lastAction = MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE;
        break;

      case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
        if (lastAction == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
          Toast.makeText(DraggableView.this, "Clicked!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        break;

      default:
        return false;
    }
    return true;
  }
}

And the XML:

You can make any View Draggable and Clickable.