ButtonDown and ButtonUp events for Android screen buttons?

Question

Is there a way to get an onButtonDown or onButtonUp event for a soft button (i.e. not a physical hardware button, but a button on the screen)? I have a button on the screen that I want the user to hold down for X seconds. To do this I need to capture the buttonDown and buttonUp events separately.

Thanks,

Bret

Answer 1

yourButton.setOnTouchListener( yourListener );

public boolean onTouch( View yourButton , MotionEvent theMotion ) {
    switch ( theMotion.getAction() ) {
    case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: break;
    case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP: break;
    }
    return true;
}