Is there any way i can detect for how long a button is press?? I want to capture the time for which a button is press and act accordingly. So if a user kept pressing the button for 5 sec i want to detect that 5 sec on android.
Please let me know
Thanks
Pranay
Give the button a View.OnTouchListener. The onTouch method you'll implement will give you access to a MotionEvent. Then, using getFlags(), you'll know when the user starts pressing the button (ACTION_DOWN) and when he stops (ACTION_UP). Simply record the system time when these occur (or as suggested in another answer, getDownTime() will give the time you need, but only when you have the ACTION_UP flag).
Use following to determine the touch duration.You can use that in an if statement:
event.getEventTime() - event.getDownTime() > 5000
It calculates in ms, which means that for your 5 sec you need this number to be 5000
DON'T USE:
android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()-event.getDownTime()
It might work on the simulator, but it won't work on the device! Don't ask me how I know it ;)
Register a OnTouchListener on the Button. Then in the listener use the MotionEvent:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html
Then use the getDownTime() method of the Event:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent.html#getDownTime%28%29
private long timeElapsed = 0L; //make this a global variable
//tvTouches could be a TextView or Button or other views
tvTouches.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
timeElapsed = event.getDownTime();
Log.d("setOnTouchListener", "ACTION_DOWN at>>>" + event.getDownTime());
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
timeElapsed = event.getEventTime() - timeElapsed;
Log.d("setOnTouchListener", "ACTION_UP at>>>" + event.getEventTime());
Log.d("setOnTouchListener", "Period of time the view is pressed>>>" + timeElapsed);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Period of time the view is pressed in milliseconds>>>" + timeElapsed, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
timeElapsed = 0L;
//TODO do something when a certain period of time has passed
break;
default:
break;
}
return true;
}
});