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Drag to select text with a mouse inside Android EditText like on computers
EditText mText = ....
final int[] beginOffset = {-1};
View.OnTouchListener otl = new View.OnTouchListener() {
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if(event.getToolType(0) == MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_MOUSE){//only change behavior for mouse
int i = event.getAction();
if (i == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
Layout layout = ((EditText) v).getLayout();
float x = event.getX() + mText.getScrollX();
float y = event.getY() + mText.getScrollY();
int line = layout.getLineForVertical((int) y);
int offset = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
if (offset > 0) {
if (x > layout.getLineMax(0)){
beginOffset[0] = offset;//store beginning offset
mText.setSelection(offset); // touch was at end of text
}
else{
beginOffset[0] = offset - 1;//store beginning offset
mText.setSelection(offset - 1);
}
}
} else if (i == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
if (beginOffset[0] != -1) {//has previous down action
Layout layout = ((EditText) v).getLayout();
float x = event.getX() + mText.getScrollX();
float y = event.getY() + mText.getScrollY();
int line = layout.getLineForVertical((int) y);
int offset = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
if (offset > 0){
if (x > layout.getLineMax(0))
mText.setSelection(Math.min(offset, beginOffset[0]), Math.max(offset, beginOffset[0])); // touch was at end of text
else
mText.setSelection(Math.min(offset - 1, beginOffset[0]), Math.max(offset - 1, beginOffset[0]));
}
beginOffset[0] = 0;//clear beginning offset
}
} else if (i == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) { //selects as mouse moves
if (beginOffset[0] != -1) {//has previous down action
Layout layout = ((EditText) v).getLayout();
float x = event.getX() + mText.getScrollX();
float y = event.getY() + mText.getScrollY();
int line = layout.getLineForVertical((int) y);
int offset = layout.getOffsetForHorizontal(line, x);
if (offset > 0){
if (x > layout.getLineMax(0))
mText.setSelection(Math.min(offset, beginOffset[0]), Math.max(offset, beginOffset[0])); // touch was at end of text
else
mText.setSelection(Math.min(offset - 1, beginOffset[0]), Math.max(offset - 1, beginOffset[0]));
}
}
}
return true;
}
return false;//default behavior otherwise
}
};
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