Avoiding PopupWindow dismissal after touching outside

Question

I would like to use a PopupWindow with following behaviours/features:

• It is focusable (has interactive controls inside eg. buttons)
• The View \'under\'

Answer 1

it is possible to setFocusable(false) for PopupWindow

buttons still be clickable, but without visual clicking behaviour (some custom handler to force show click?)

below is sample for floating window with "always on top" option

original layout near floating window is fully operational in both cases, moreover, it is possible to use dialogs and other popups when window is still floating

also the window is reusable

final static int buttonAlpha = 0xDF;
final static float buttonTextSize = 12f;

public final void addPopupButton(LinearLayout linearLayout, String title, android.view.View.OnClickListener onClickListener)
{
    Button button = new Button(this.getContext());
    button.setText(title);
    button.setTextSize(buttonTextSize);
    button.getBackground().setAlpha(buttonAlpha);
    button.setOnClickListener(onClickListener);
    linearLayout.addView(button, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
}

public final Button addPopupCheckbox(LinearLayout linearLayout, String title, boolean isChecked, android.view.View.OnClickListener onClickListener)
{
    final Button button = new Button(getContext());
    button.setText(title);
    button.setTextSize(buttonTextSize);
    final int buttonHeight = button.getHeight();
    setButtonChecked(button, isChecked);
    button.setHeight(buttonHeight);
    button.getBackground().setAlpha(buttonAlpha);
    button.setOnClickListener(onClickListener);
    linearLayout.addView(button, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    return button;
}

public final void setButtonChecked(Button button, boolean isChecked)
{
    button.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier(isChecked ? "android:drawable/btn_check_on" : "android:drawable/btn_check_off", null, null), 0, 0, 0);
}

private boolean isMenuAlwaysOnTop = true;
private PopupWindow popupWindowMenuV2 = null;

public final void popupMenuNav2()
{
    if (popupWindowMenuV2 == null)
    {
        // [start] layout

        ScrollView scrollView = new ScrollView(this.getContext());

        final LinearLayout linearLayoutNavigation = new LinearLayout(this.getContext());
        linearLayoutNavigation.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
        linearLayoutNavigation.setBackgroundColor(0x7FFFFFFF);
        linearLayoutNavigation.setPadding(20, 10, 20, 10);

        scrollView.addView(linearLayoutNavigation, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

        popupWindowMenuV2 = new PopupWindow(this);
        popupWindowMenuV2.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable());
        popupWindowMenuV2.setWidth(WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        popupWindowMenuV2.setHeight(WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        popupWindowMenuV2.setTouchable(true);
        popupWindowMenuV2.setOutsideTouchable(!isMenuAlwaysOnTop);
        popupWindowMenuV2.setFocusable(!isMenuAlwaysOnTop);
        popupWindowMenuV2.setTouchInterceptor(new OnTouchListener()
        {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)
            {
                if ((event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) == MotionEvent.ACTION_OUTSIDE)
                {
                    if (!isMenuAlwaysOnTop)
                        popupWindowMenuV2.dismiss();
                    else
                        return false;
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
        popupWindowMenuV2.setContentView(scrollView);

        // [end] layout

        // [start] always on top checkbox

        final Button buttonMenuAlwaysOnTop = addPopupCheckbox(linearLayoutNavigation, "always on top", isMenuAlwaysOnTop, null);
        buttonMenuAlwaysOnTop.setOnClickListener(
                new OnClickListener()
                {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View vv)
                    {
                        isMenuAlwaysOnTop = !isMenuAlwaysOnTop;
                        setButtonChecked(buttonMenuAlwaysOnTop, isMenuAlwaysOnTop);
                        popupWindowMenuV2.dismiss();
                        popupWindowMenuV2.setOutsideTouchable(!isMenuAlwaysOnTop);
                        popupWindowMenuV2.setFocusable(!isMenuAlwaysOnTop);
                        popupWindowMenuV2.showAtLocation(((Activity) getContext()).getWindow().getDecorView(), Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL + Gravity.RIGHT, 0, 0);
                    }
                });

        // [end] always on top checkbox

        addPopupButton(linearLayoutNavigation, "some button",
                new OnClickListener()
                {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View vv)
                    {
                        if (!isMenuAlwaysOnTop)
                            popupWindowMenuV2.dismiss();
                        someAction();
                    }
                });

    }

    popupWindowMenuV2.showAtLocation(((Activity) getContext()).getWindow().getDecorView(), Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL + Gravity.RIGHT, 0, 0);
}

// somewhere in handler:
            if (someCondition)
            {
                if (popupWindowMenuV2 != null && popupWindowMenuV2.isShowing())
                    popupWindowMenuV2.dismiss();
                else
                    popupMenuNav2();
                return true;
            }