Testing the touch event mechanism on Android with a few Custom ViewGroups

activity.java

// I had this piece in my ConversationsActivity.java

scrollView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        Log.d(TAG, "scrollView onTouch");
        return false;
    }
});

/*mViewPager.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        //scrollView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
        //mViewPager.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
        Log.d(TAG, "mViewPager onTouch");
        return false;
    }
});*/

final ListView listView = (DisabledListView) findViewById(R.id.chatLog);
listView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        Log.d(TAG, "listView onTouch");
        listView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
        return false;
    }
});

activity_conversations.xml

<com.pycitup.pyc.CustomList.CustomScrollView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:fillViewport="true"
    android:id="@+id/scrollView">

    <RelativeLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/parentLayout">


        <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/pager"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="400dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="10dp" />


        <com.pycitup.pyc.CustomList.DisabledListView
            android:id="@+id/chatLog"
            android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="300dp"
            android:layout_below="@+id/pager"
            />

        <RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/chatBox"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:background="#ffffff"
            android:paddingTop="5dp"
            android:paddingBottom="10dp"
            android:paddingLeft="0dp"
            android:paddingRight="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/chatMessage"
                android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/chatSend"
                android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/chatSend"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="Enter your message..."
                android:inputType="textShortMessage"
                android:imeOptions="actionSend"/>
            <Button
                android:id="@+id/chatSend"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:text="Send"
                android:textSize="18sp" >
            </Button>
        </RelativeLayout>

    </RelativeLayout>

</com.pycitup.pyc.CustomList.CustomScrollView>

CustomScrollView.java

package com.pycitup.pyc.CustomList;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.ScrollView;

import com.pycitup.pyc.ConversationsActivity;

/**
 * Created by rishabhpugalia on 04/11/14.
 */
public class CustomScrollView extends ScrollView {

    private int mPosition;
    private String TAG = DisabledListView.class.getSimpleName();

    public CustomScrollView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public CustomScrollView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public CustomScrollView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    //@Override
    public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        Log.d(TAG, "ScrollView dispatchTouchEvent: " + ev.getAction());

        //super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);

        // return value depends on the child.dispatchTouchEvent's return value
        // or if thats false then then this.onTouchEvent's return value
        boolean bool = super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
        Log.d(TAG, String.valueOf(bool));

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        Log.d(TAG, "ScrollView onintercepttouchevent: " + ev.getAction());

        //Thread.dumpStack();

        super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev);
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        Log.d(TAG, "ScrollView ontouchevent custom implementation: " + ev.getAction());

        //Thread.dumpStack();

        super.onTouchEvent(ev);
        return false;
    }
}

DisabledListView.java

package com.pycitup.pyc.CustomList;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.pycitup.pyc.ConversationsActivity;

/**
 * Created by rishabhpugalia on 04/11/14.
 */
public class DisabledListView extends ScrollDisabledListView {

    private int mPosition;
    private String TAG = DisabledListView.class.getSimpleName();

    public DisabledListView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public DisabledListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public DisabledListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    //@Override
    public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {

        Log.d(TAG, "Child dispatchTouchEvent: " + ev.getAction());

        super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);

        // return value depends on the child.dispatchTouchEvent's return value
        // or if thats false then then this.onTouchEvent's return value
        //boolean bool = super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
        //Log.d(TAG, String.valueOf(bool));

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Child onintercepttouchevent: " + ev.getAction());

        //Thread.dumpStack();

        super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev);
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Child ontouchevent custom implementation: " + ev.getAction());

        Thread.dumpStack();

        super.onTouchEvent(ev);
        return false;
    }
}

ScrollDisabledListView.java

package com.pycitup.pyc.CustomList;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.pycitup.pyc.ConversationsActivity;

/**
 * Created by rishabhpugalia on 04/11/14.
 */
public class ScrollDisabledListView extends ListView {

    private int mPosition;
    private String TAG = ScrollDisabledListView.class.getSimpleName();

    public ScrollDisabledListView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public ScrollDisabledListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public ScrollDisabledListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    //@Override
    public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {

        return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);

        //Log.d(TAG, "dispatchTouchEvent: " + ev.getAction());

        //return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        //Log.d(TAG, "onintercepttouchevent: " + ev.getAction());

        //Thread.dumpStack();

        super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev);
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        //Log.d(TAG, "ontouchevent custom implementation: " + ev.getAction());

        //Thread.dumpStack();

        super.onTouchEvent(ev);
        return false;
    }
}

DisabledListView is the custom ListView implementation. It extends ScrollDisabledListView which in turn extends ListView.

CustomScrollView extends ScrollView as a custom scroll view implementation.

The View contains a ViewPager and DisabledListView inside the CustomScrollView. You can keep on logging different values by changing the dispatchTouchEvent(), onInterceptTouchEvent(), onTouchEvent() code and even dump the stack to get more insights regarding how the touch system sort of works and the event propagates.

The activity code is sort of optional to test with View.OnTouchListener.onTouch() event listeners.