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Mar 31, 2020 · Mobile Development

Why onTouch Fires Before onClick: Deep Dive into Android Touch Event Dispatch

This article explains Android's touch event dispatch mechanism, detailing MotionEvent actions, the roles of dispatchTouchEvent, onInterceptTouchEvent, and onTouchEvent, and demonstrates through code why onTouch executes before onClick and how returning true from onTouch consumes the click event.