Disable WebView touch events in Android

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How do you disable all touch events in an Android WebView (or scrolling in particular)? I would like the activity to handle all touch events.

hpique · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-04T16:59:00.013

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mWebView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        return true;
    }
});

Disables all touch events on a WebView because the touch listener is executed before the default touch behavior of the WebView. By returning true the event is consumed and isn't propagated to the WebView.

Using android:clickable="false" does not disable touch events.

edited Oct 04 '10 at 16:59

answered Oct 04 '10 at 14:30

hpique

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Then, how to restore the events? Imagine I have to temporarily disable them and then re-enable them when I need. – Hosane Sep 12 '12 at 16:13
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Actually, setting both `android:clickable` and longClickable should do the trick for a webview – Romuald Brunet Oct 07 '12 at 18:49
Hosane, just change OnTouchListener return false, it will do the trick – Snow Fox Apr 05 '19 at 14:36

Octavian Helm · Answer 2 · 2010-10-04T09:10:45.393

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If I got you right you just have to overwrite the onTouchEvent method.

edited Oct 04 '10 at 09:10

answered Oct 04 '10 at 09:04

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Most likely that should work. I was wondering if there was a property or something more straightforward than that. – hpique Oct 04 '10 at 09:09
Ah I see well then you might want to try to give your WebView this layout parameter android:clickable="false". I'm not sure if it works but theoretically it should as WebView is inherited from View. – Octavian Helm Oct 04 '10 at 09:14
@hpique can you post the solution again. The current ones in the post are not working – OAH Aug 22 '18 at 22:45

Disable WebView touch events in Android

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