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Added in API level 1

Summary: Methods | Inherited Methods

Touch

Kotlin |Java

public class Touch
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.text.method.Touch

Summary

Public methods
`static int`	`getInitialScrollX(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)`
`static int`	`getInitialScrollY(TextView widget, Spannable buffer)`
`static boolean`	`onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable buffer, MotionEvent event)` Handles touch events for dragging.
`static void`	`scrollTo(TextView widget, Layout layout, int x, int y)` Scrolls the specified widget to the specified coordinates, except constrains the X scrolling position to the horizontal regions of the text that will be visible after scrolling to the specified Y position.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public methods

Added in API level 3

public static int getInitialScrollX (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer)

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.

Returns
`int`

Added in API level 3

public static int getInitialScrollY (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer)

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`: The text view.
`buffer`	`Spannable`: The text buffer.

Returns
`int`

Added in API level 1

public static boolean onTouchEvent (TextView widget, 
                Spannable buffer, 
                MotionEvent event)

Handles touch events for dragging. You may want to do other actions like moving the cursor on touch as well.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`
`buffer`	`Spannable`
`event`	`MotionEvent`

Returns
`boolean`

Added in API level 1

public static void scrollTo (TextView widget, 
                Layout layout, 
                int x, 
                int y)

Scrolls the specified widget to the specified coordinates, except constrains the X scrolling position to the horizontal regions of the text that will be visible after scrolling to the specified Y position.

Parameters
`widget`	`TextView`
`layout`	`Layout`
`x`	`int`
`y`	`int`

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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