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Added in API level 1

Summary: Methods

View.OnTouchListener

Kotlin |Java

public static interface View.OnTouchListener

android.view.View.OnTouchListener

Known indirect subclasses

ZoomButtonsController

ZoomButtonsController This class was deprecated in API level 26. This functionality and UI is better handled with custom views and layouts rather than a dedicated zoom-control widget

Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when a touch event is dispatched to this view. The callback will be invoked before the touch event is given to the view.

Summary

Public methods
`abstract boolean`	`onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)` Called when a touch event is dispatched to a view.

Public methods

onTouch

Added in API level 1

public abstract boolean onTouch (View v, 
                MotionEvent event)

Called when a touch event is dispatched to a view. This allows listeners to get a chance to respond before the target view.

Parameters
`v`	`View`: The view the touch event has been dispatched to.
`event`	`MotionEvent`: The MotionEvent object containing full information about the event.

Returns
`boolean`	True if the listener has consumed the event, false otherwise.

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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