I have a MapView in an activity and it works fine, the map shows, and it responds to taps, and I can extract the location easily. However this handler is also responding to the pinch-zoom, so if a user tries to pinch-zoom, the app responds as if they tapped (and it's very confusing for them).
How can I respond to taps on a MapView and only pick up single-taps, specifically ignoring pinch-zoom and double-taps?
Do I need to use OnTouchEvent() instead of OnTap()? If so how do I distinguish between the different touch events, and how do I access the GeoPoint?
Here's the code from inside my MapActivity:
class MapOverlay extends com.google.android.maps.Overlay
{
@Override
public boolean onTap(GeoPoint p, MapView map)
{
if ( p!=null )
{
// Do stuff with the geopoint
return true; // We handled the tap
}
else
{
return false; // We didn't handle the tap
}
}
}
After much head-scratching and trying various approaches, this one is working well so far. The code follows the motion events. When we get an ACTION_DOWN event, it marks the isPinch flag as false (we don't know if it's a pinch or not yet), but as soon as we get a touch event (i.e. ACTION_MOVE) involving two fingers, isPinch is set to true, and so when the onTap() event fires, it can see if there was a pinch or not.
class MapOverlay extends com.google.android.maps.Overlay
{
private boolean isPinch = false;
@Override
public boolean onTap(GeoPoint p, MapView map){
if ( isPinch ){
return false;
}else{
Log.i(TAG,"TAP!");
if ( p!=null ){
handleGeoPoint(p);
return true; // We handled the tap
}else{
return false; // Null GeoPoint
}
}
}
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent e, MapView mapView)
{
int fingers = e.getPointerCount();
if( e.getAction()==MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN ){
isPinch=false; // Touch DOWN, don't know if it's a pinch yet
}
if( e.getAction()==MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE && fingers==2 ){
isPinch=true; // Two fingers, def a pinch
}
return super.onTouchEvent(e,mapView);
}
}
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