difference between `focusable` and `clickable`

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eugene picture eugene · Dec 27, 2012 · Viewed 33.4k times · Source

What is the difference between clickable and focusable in android?

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K-ballo picture K-ballo · Dec 27, 2012

Clickable means that it can be clicked by a pointer device or be tapped by a touch device. Focusable means that it can gain the focus from an input device like a keyboard. Input devices like keyboards cannot decide which view to send its input events to based on the inputs itself, so they send them to the view that has focus.

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