Handle possible child clicks in a parent viewgroup

ClickMonitoringView.kt

package com.bharatpe.nativeloader

import android.content.Context
import android.graphics.Rect
import android.util.AttributeSet
import android.util.Log
import android.view.GestureDetector
import android.view.MotionEvent
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.LinearLayout

class ClickMonitoringView: LinearLayout {

    constructor(context: Context) : super(context)
    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?) : super(context, attrs)
    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int) : super(context, attrs, defStyle)

    /*
   identify legitimate clicks on child views in a parent viewgroup
    */
    override fun onInterceptTouchEvent(ev: MotionEvent): Boolean {
        mTapDetector.onTouchEvent(ev)
        return false
    }

    private val mTapDetector: GestureDetector = GestureDetector(context, object: GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
        override fun onSingleTapConfirmed(e: MotionEvent): Boolean {
            checkViewGroupClicks(e, this@ClickMonitoringView)
            return true
        }
    })

    private fun checkViewGroupClicks(ev: MotionEvent, viewGroup: ViewGroup): Boolean {
        for (i in 0..viewGroup.childCount) {
            val view = viewGroup.getChildAt(i);
            if (view != null) {
                // check if this view would have handled a click
                if (verifyViewClick(ev, view)) {
                    return true
                }
                // if viewgroup, check all child views if they are going to handle a click
                if (view is ViewGroup) {
                    return checkViewGroupClicks(ev, view)
                }
            }
        }
        return false
    }

    private fun verifyViewClick(ev: MotionEvent, view: View): Boolean {
        val hitRect = Rect()
        view.getHitRect(hitRect)
        // find the view for which this click was performed and then check if that view
        // had some clickListeners attached (which means they will handle some action)
        if (hitRect.contains(ev.x.toInt(), ev.y.toInt()) && view.hasOnClickListeners()) {
            // the child is going to do some action on this click, put some common logic here
            Log.e("ClickMonitoringView", "child performed some action")
            return true
        }
        return false
    }

}

At line 44 there shouldn't be a return. Having a return there does not allow checking other children of a ViewGroup except the first one.