onClick not triggered on LinearLayout with child

Question

I\'ve got a custom LinearLayout with a smaller TextView child. I\'d like to be able to click the area not covered by the TextView, so I set clickable=true and an onclicklist

Answer 1

Create a variable for LinearLayout

LinearLayout layout;
layout.setOnClicknersetOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(View v)
            {                   
                Toast t = Toast.makeText(context, "hey!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
                t.show();
            }
        });

Answer 2

android:duplicateParentState="true" did not help me.

To make your layout clickable with its children you need add this option for every child:

 android:clickable="false"

Then click handling will go up to parent.

Answer 3

Your TextView height covers the whole parent (whole layout) so you might clicking on empty space but not on the layout. Try using wrap_content for android:layout_height for your TextView. Set click listener for the layout as well.

Answer 4

None of the solutions above forked for me. Than i noticed that a LinkMovementMethod set to TextView inside my LinearLayout. This class intercepts touch events, click events and properties of TextView such as clickable, focusable vs..

Answer 5

If the views in question are TextViews, you may need to set them as focusable="false" so that the first click isn't used focusing on the text view.

Answer 6

Make Your parent LinearLayout's android:clickable="true"

Make all of the the childview's android:clickable="false"

Under Linearlayout - Remove android:inputType="" from TextView