What causes a MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL in Android?

Question

I am working through debugging some touch handling stuff on Android, and am trying to figure out why the MotionEvent sent to my View\'s onTouchListener contains a <

Answer 1

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"ACTION_CANCEL occurs when the parent takes possession of the motion, for example when the user has dragged enough across a list view that it will start scrolling instead of letting you press the buttons inside of it. You can find out more about it at the viewgroup documentation: onInterceptTouchEvent."

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Resources: Motion Event, Stack Overflow.