Here is how my layout looks like:
I have a parent activity which has a custom view (view1 that handle onTouch events by itself) and 2 buttons (view2 and view3). The DialogFragment has a visible layout shown and the rest is transparent. My dialog fragments look like this:
public class FragmentText extends DialogFragment{
public static FragmentText newInstance() {
FragmentText frag = new FragmentText();
frag.setStyle(DialogFragment.STYLE_NORMAL, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent_NoTitleBar);
return frag;
}
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
getDialog().getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
// instantiate the custom layout
final View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_layout, null);
.....
}
}
and the layout file looks like this:
<com.TransparentView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/layMain"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="70dp"
android:background="@color/transparent"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="70dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/layContent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:background="@drawable/bk_text_edit"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="@dimen/margin" >
all my layouts and buttons
</LinearLayout>
</com.TransparentView>
and
public class TransparentView extends LinearLayout {
@SuppressLint("NewApi")
public TransparentView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public TransparentView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public TransparentView(Context context) {
super(context);
}
@Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
return false; // event get propagated
}
}
When the user presses outside the visible layout of the DialogFragment I want to: 1. dismiss the dialog fragment 2. pass the onTouch to the parent activity and allow the user to interact with the views.
So basically if I drag my finger over View1, I want to dismiss the dialog and continue my dragging interaction against view1.
Is this possible to achieve ?
LE: also this does not work:
layMain.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
@Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
getActivity().dispatchTouchEvent(event);
return false;
}
});
In the end, as Luksprog suggested, I ended up with ditching DialogFragment. I did a test using simple Fragment which is hosted in an activity's FrameLayout so it looks just like an overlay on where I need it. In this way I still get all the interaction I need with the rest of the views.
Thank you all for your support.