Best event for repetitive taps

console.log

[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchstart
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] singletap
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchend
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchstart
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] singletap
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchend
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchstart
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] singletap
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchend
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchstart
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] singletap
[INFO] [iphone, 6.1.3, 192.168.0.103] touchend

index.js

function plus(e) {
  Ti.API.info(e.type);
}

index.xml

<Alloy>
  <Window>
    <Button onLongpress="plus" onLongclick="plus" onKeypressed="plus" onSingletap="plus" onClick="plus" onDblclick="plus" onTwofingertap="plus" onTouchstart="plus" onTouchmove="plus" onTouchend="plus" onTouchCancel="plus" />
  </Window>
</Alloy>

REPETITIVE.md

Repetitive taps

I needed the right event to react on many repetitive taps. I noticed that click stops firing after some taps, so I did a little test to find the right event to listen to instead.

As the console.log shows, you need singletap ;)