Android Vibrate on touch?

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I am trying to make my device vibrate when I touch an object on Screen. I am using this code:

 Vibrator v = (Vibrator) getSystemService(getApplicationContext().VIBRATOR_SERVICE); 
 v.vibrate(300);

with the permission in the manifest file but I don't seem to get any results. Any suggestions? Also, my hardware supports vibrate.

score 27 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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According to this answer, you can perform haptic feedback (vibrate) without asking for any extra permissions. Look at performHapticFeedback method.

View view = findViewById(...)
view.performHapticFeedback(HapticFeedbackConstants.VIRTUAL_KEY);

Note: I have not tested this code.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Dec 27 '13 at 21:06

Denilson Sá Maia

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I find that this one is kind of weak. Are there any stronger touch vibrations? – Martin Erlic Sep 12 '16 at 18:08
Excellent! Exactly what I needed. Thank you very much. – DmitryKanunnikoff Aug 10 '17 at 13:26
Excellent! Thanks a lot for avoiding additional permissions. – Serg Burlaka Apr 22 '20 at 17:33

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '12 at 12:50

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please try this :

Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
    b.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Vibrator vb = (Vibrator)   getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
            vb.vibrate(100);
            return false;
        }
    });

and add this permission to manifest.xml

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>

answered Jan 31 '12 at 12:50

Ramesh Solanki

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it works fine I think you implement onTouch method on wrong widget please check again.because their is no problem with vibration code. – deepak Sharma Jan 31 '12 at 13:59
This is nice, but when user continue moving finger, it will keep vibrating - not a good user experience - See my answer below which solves this – Mercury Feb 02 '17 at 20:51

Mercury · Answer 3 · 2020-04-23T18:47:55.637

This will vibrate once, when user touches view (will not keep vibrating when user sliding his finger on the view!):

@Override
public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {

    if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
        Vibrator v = (Vibrator) context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
        v.vibrate(VIBRATE_DURATION_MS);
    }
    return true;
}

And as Ramesh said, allow permission in manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 04 '19 at 16:44

If anyone looking for kotlin,

val vibrator = context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE) as Vibrator
vibrator.vibrator(durationInMilliSeconds)

and for Android-O and newer,

val vibrationEffect = VibrationEffect.createOneShot(vibrationDuration, vibrationAmplitude)
vibrator.vibrator(vibrationEffect)

while to cancel vibration,

vibrate.cancel()

you also need to add permission in your AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>

Serg Burlaka · Answer 5 · 2020-04-22T18:30:14.133

working for me kotlin ext fun

for the haptic effect, vibro has 5 milliseconds!! (SHORT_HAPTIC_FEEDBACK_DURATION)

fun Context.performHapticFeedback() {
    val vibrator = getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE) as Vibrator
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        val vibrationEffect = VibrationEffect.createOneShot(HAPTIC_FEEDBACK_DURATION, VibrationEffect.DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE)
        vibrator.vibrate(vibrationEffect)
    } else {
        vibrator.vibrate(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMillis(SHORT_HAPTIC_FEEDBACK_DURATION))
    }
}

private const val SHORT_HAPTIC_FEEDBACK_DURATION = 5L

usage

addOnItemTouchListener(ItemTouchListener { position, event ->
                if (event.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
                    context.performHapticFeedback()  
                }  
            })

permission

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>

good luck ✌ :))

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