How to turn the PPS for a Scroll bar into code
The code implementation should spiritually follow the PPS; that is, your code should only take
action when moving from state to state (along the arrows in the PPS). This behavior is best
represented by a switch
statement, where each case
represents a state in our PPS. Within each
case
, there can be nested if
statement to handle transitioning to another state.
Each case
should be broken out of and should properly handle input, propagating input to later
views or stopping the input propagation as necessary. We typically do this through the
onTouchEvent
method. In onTouchEvent
, returning true
will stop the input propagation
to views below it, while returning false
allows views below it to handle the event.
Volume example
insideBar?C Inside --> Inside: DRAG/
outsideBar?D
where
- A is updateVolume();updateThumbPosition();updateThumbAlpha();
- B is updateThumbAlpha();invokeVolumeChangeListeners()
- C is updateVolume();updateThumbPosition();invalidate()
- D is doNothing()
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
EssentialGeometry geometry = essentialGeometry(event);
switch(mState) {
case START:
if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && geometry == EssentialGeometry.BAR) {
mState = State.INSIDE;
updateThumbPosition();
updateThumbAlpha();
updateVolume();
invalidate();
return true;
}
break;
case INSIDE:
if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE && geometry == EssentialGeometry.BAR) {
updateThumbPosition();
updateVolume();
invalidate();
return true;
} else if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
mState = State.START;
updateThumbAlpha();
invokeVolumeChangeListener();
invalidate();
return true;
}
break;
default:
break;
}
return false;
}
In the above code snippet, updateThumb()
would handle determining and setting the opacity of the
thumb, while updateVolume()
would similarly update the volume based on the position of your finger.
Function calls inside the switch cases should be used to break up the logic in complicated situations
or where the same logic can be used for multiple transitions.