Simulate Android button click programmatically

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I've seen this route,

View.performClick();

but it doesn't show the actual press of the button. I've also tried this method,

btn.setPressed(true);
btn.invalidate();

but, it just shows the button being pressed down. I've narrowed it down to this code, which presses down, and releases, but doesn't click. Am I missing something? How can I do a complete click as if though the user was clicking (monkeyrunner is not an option as of right now)

btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_box);
    Handler handler = new Handler();
    Runnable r = new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            btn.setPressed(true);
            btn.invalidate();
            Handler handler1 = new Handler();
            Runnable r1 = new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    btn.setPressed(false);
                    btn.invalidate();

                }
            };
            handler1.postDelayed(r1, 1000);

        }
    };
    handler.postDelayed(r, 1000);

Try simulating a touch event (http://stackoverflow.com/a/7001356/1438733). I'd post it as an answer, but I'm not sure how well it'll work. — Cat, Mar 22 '13 at 21:23

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 23 '13 at 00:08

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Your code is fine. just add btn.performClick(); after the invalidate();

And for better look you can reduce the time of handler1.

answered Mar 23 '13 at 00:08

stinepike

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