onClickListener for the WHOLE screen

Question

I am making an alarm clock. I want to make an activity which on the layout part is empty (exept a photo on the background) I want to do, that if i touch anywhere on the screen, the music will stop.

I thought about making the img as a imageview... but it dosent strach on the screen when I do it (even if the parameters are on the whole screen)

help?

Answer 1

in your layout verify that :

android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

then try to use onTouchListener

then try :

yourActivityLayout.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {  
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View arg0, MotionEvent arg1) {
           // action to do
            return true;//always return true to consume event
        }
    });

Answer 2

Do this way to put touch event on Whole Activity

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {

        if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {

            // do your work here
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

}