Android Button Highlighting

Question

This has probably already been asked but I can't find it.

So I made a custom button in android with a normal image and a "pressed" image. Only problem is, when I press the button on the phone, and while pressed I drag my finger off the image and release, the button image remains as pressed instead of reverting back to the normal, unpressed image. The default android button is formatted so that when you do this "drag-off" event, the button goes back to normal as soon as your finger leaves the dimensions of the button.

main.java:

but1.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                but1.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bluewhiteplainpressed);
                return false;
            }
        });

        but1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                if(!but1.isActivated()){
                    but1.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bluewhiteplain);

button's code in menu.xml:

<Button
            android:id="@+id/button1pos"
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="@drawable/bluewhiteplain"
            />

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Remove OnTouchListener and put a drawable selector in background button.

Android: How to Make A Drawable Selector

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Jul 22 '13 at 13:00

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Okay so I did this and set the background resource for the button as that xml.. still not working? What am I missing? – Eagle's Nest Jul 22 '13 at 13:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '16 at 21:44

You can make a custom drawable selector for this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_enabled="false" 
    android:drawable="@drawable/cell_top_selected" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/cell_top" />
</selector>

Android Button Highlighting

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