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Reorder items in recyclerView without long press

I implemented the reorder of items in recyclerView using itemTouchHelper.callback as it seems to be the most popular solution now. However this allows to reorder only after long press on any item and I need to be able to freely move items around any time (I attach item itemTouchHelper for 'edit mode' and detach right after.
What is the easiest way to achieve that?

first of all disable LongPressDragEnabled in itemTouchHelper and then just call startDrag(RecyclerView.ViewHolder) from on touch of your custom handle view ie Imageview or anything like this
viewHolder.dragButton.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if (MotionEvent.getActionMasked(event) == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
mItemTouchHelper.startDrag(viewHolder);
}
return false;
}
});

How to Completely disable keyboard when using EditText in android?

I have 5 EditTexts and I type in them using 5 buttons, so I don't need the keyboard.
How can I disable it completely, even when I click on the EditText? On EditText click I want only to focus it so that it has the cursor on. (I implemented everything so that when I click one of the 5 buttons, the focus goes on the next EditText).
The problem is that when I click on an EditText the keyboard pops up. I think I have to do it in java. Thank you!!!

MyEditor.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener(){
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
int inType = MyEditor.getInputType(); // backup the input type
MyEditor.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL); // disable soft input
MyEditor.onTouchEvent(event); // call native handler
MyEditor.setInputType(inType); // restore input type
return true; // consume touch event
}
});

Try :
editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
editText.setFocusable(false);

onFling and LinearLayouts

My Linear Layout: main_linear_layout contains four Linear Layouts: ll1 ll2 ll3 ll4. Each LinearLayout contains Buttons. I am trying to implement the onFling method on main_linear_layout. I want to be able to swipe anywhere on the Layout of Buttons and call an action.
Currently I am able to swipe anywhere on the screen except for the Layout of Buttons. I tried using the following code to fix the problem:
swipeLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.main_linear_layout);
//swipeLayout is the main Layout that contains 4 other linear layouts
swipeLayout.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
gestureScanner.onTouchEvent(event);
return true;
}
});
But I am still not able to swipe on the Layout of Buttons. Does anybody know why this is? Is there something else I need to implement? Am I supposed to implement an OnTouchListener to every Linear Layout inside the main Linear Layout? Or to every Button in each Layout?
And in the xml I added a bunch of code to the main Linear Layout:
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:longClickable="true"
But this did not work either. Can someone please help?

If you have a LinearLayout, and then more layouts inside of that, and then buttons on those as you say you do, then this is functioning as intended.
You're only adding the listener to the outside layout...so of course, it'll only trigger when you slide on it. By sliding on the other layouts, or even the buttons, the slide event doesn't even get to that listener, because it is consumed.
You'd need to add the listener to each element that you want to be checking for.
One way to do this is to create an array of your buttons and do it all at once:
private Button button1;
private Button button2;
....
private Button button10;
...
protected void onCreate(Bundle b) {
super.onCreate(b);
button1 = findViewById(R.id.button1);
...
button10 = findViewById(R.id.button10);
OnClickListener onCL = new OnClickListener . . . //do all of your creation here
Button[] buttons = {button1, button2, . . . , button10};
for(Button b : buttons) {
b.setOnClickListener(onCL);
}
}

Well the reason the ll1,ll2,ll3,ll4 don't pick up on touch events is because the parent linear layout receives the motion event and it doesn't propagate further.
Why do you need a touch event listener on the main linear layout? Do you want the sub layouts to all fling together?
If you want the other layouts to pick up on the touch event return false on the touch listener
swipeLayout.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
gestureScanner.onTouchEvent(event);
return false;
}
});
Or you could create 4 GestureDetectors and pass the event to the right one depending on which view was pressed
swipeLayout.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
switch(v.getId()){
case R.id.ll1:
gesture1.ontouchEvent(e);
break;
case R.id.ll2:
gesture1.ontouchEvent(e);
break;
}
//etc
return false;
}
});

Prevent Click-through of Android ImageVIew?

I have an ImageView overlay inside of a RelativeLayout and want to prevent any clicks from going through the ImageView to the Buttons etc that are behind it (thus in effect disabling the entire RelativeLayout).
Is the a simpler way of doing this then iterating the RelativeLayout views and setting them to disabled as I currently am doing using this code:
RelativeLayout rlTest = (RelativeLayout ) findViewById(R.id.rlTest);
for (int i = 0; i < rlTest.getChildCount(); i++) {
View view = rlTest.getChildAt(i);
view.setEnabled(true);
}

you can set the image to be
android:clickable="true"

Simply call rlTest.setClickable(false). This will prevent the click to be propagate to the children

There is a much cleaner way
You can use:
android:onClick="preventClicks"
in XML and in your Activity
public void preventClicks(View view) {}
This works with fragments.
Example inside this Activity has multiple fragments overlapping one another, just by adding the XML attribute in the background of your fragment it will still call the Activity.preventClicks and will prevent touches on fragments behind it

The following solution works in the general case:
_container.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
// NOTE: This prevents the touches from propagating through the view and incorrectly invoking the button behind it
return true;
}
});
It basically blocks any touches from propagating through the view by marking the touch event as handled.
This works on both UI controls and layout containers (ie: LinearLayout, FrameLayout etc.).
The solution to set "clickable" as false did not work for me for layout containers either in code or in the view XML.

I assume that you are using onClickListeners.
How about using onTouchListener instead of onClickListeners. By doing this you will have a control over how deep down in your hierarchy the touch even can be visible. For example, if you have toch listeners on a relative-layout(RL) and a image-view(IV)(contained in RL), and you assign touchListeners to both. Now if you return true from IV's touch event, the lower down member RL will not receive the touch event. However if you return false from from IV's touch event, the lower down member RL will receive the touch event.
Hope this helps!

Just add these two listeners:
// Set an OnTouchListener to always return true for onTouch events so that a touch
// sequence cannot pass through the item to the item below.
view.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
v.onTouchEvent(event);
return true;
}
});
// Set an OnHoverListener to always return true for onHover events so that focus cannot
// pass through the item to the item below.
view.setOnHoverListener(new OnHoverListener() {
#Override
public boolean onHover(View v, MotionEvent event) {
v.onHoverEvent(event);
return true;
}
});

You could use databindings and consume the clicks like this:
android:onClick="#{() -> true}"

In C#, I use an empty delegate:
objectName.Click += delegate {};
I haven't encountered any problems with it but it does prevent clicks from filtering through to underlying controls.

you can also se the root click listener to null:
// Do not process clicks on other areas of this fragment
binding.root.setOnClickListener(null)
This works 100%.
It doesnt affect other listeners that are already set on the fragment's views.

Using the Android hardware side button

I am working with a Motorola Droid. I can see there is a side button which launches the camera.
In my app, I use a button which when pressed, allows the user to talk - like in a walkie-talkie i.e it is a push-to-talk button.
How do I use the side button to work like this button? i.e use it as a push-to-talk button.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Your activity can override onKeyDown() and watch for KEYCODE_CAMERA KeyEvents:
#Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (keyCode==KeyEvent.KEYCODE_CAMERA) {
// do something
return(true);
}
return(super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event));
}