Does onTouchEvent() has to extends from MapView??

Question

I want to catch any onTouchEvent() on the mapview. After search lots of questions&answers, I found only when I write my own MapView(MyMapView)and define onTouchEvent, then use this MyMapView in main activity.

Is it the only way??

Answer 1

It's actually the simplest way. When you extend the MapView there are only a few methods that you need to implement and they are really straight forward.

Answer 2

You can also use overlays. See this my answer to the question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1772584/how-to-capture-location-from-mapactivity/2144007#2144007

Not sure if all touch events will be routed to the overlay's onTouchEvent though.