Event Handling III -- Reacting to Events in Android

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# Event Handling III - Reacting to Events in Android

Lauren Bricker

CSE 340 Winter 23
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# Today's goals

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Agenda
- So far we've learned...
  - Model View Controller
  - Events (theory) and Events (in Android)
  - Callbacks (theory) and
- Today
  - Input dispatch process  ([finish](/courses/cse340/23wi/slides/wk05/event-delivery.html#31))
  - Listeners (in Android)
- Maybe Today, Maybe Friday...
  - Other Android Callbacks (Menus)

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Administrivia
- Download
  [Spot the Heron](https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/cse340/exercises/cse340-spot-the-heron) and switch
  to the `click` branch (`git checkout click` before tomorrow
- Accessibility (code and report/reflection) due Thur 2-Feb
- Assignment 4: Menus will be ready by Friday
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## Recall: Event Dispatch
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![:img Picture of interactor hierarchy connected to an interface and a
dotted line indicating application interface with do_action() replaced
with an actionListener, 100%, width](img/event-delivery/callbacks3.png)]
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Callbacks handle *application* response to events
- Allows application to update model
- Can be implemented using toolkit provided listeners
- Can implment custom listeners for best flexibility
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## Recall: Events can represent user actions...

Example: [MotionEvent](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent)
which inherits from
[InputEvent](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/InputEvent) abstract class.

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## Recall: Events can represent abstract concepts...

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![:img Android Activity Lifecycle,100%, width](img/event-delivery/activity_lifecycle.png)
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Android events registered with the system
- **Create**: Android is done creating the object
- **Active**: in foreground of screen, and receives input
- **Paused**: activity lost focus (is no longer displayed on screen)
- **Stopped**:
  - Another activity has focus
  - Original activity remains in memory -- perfect place to save data & state
  - Often can be *killed* by Android OS if not resumed relatively quickly
- **Inactive**: after an activity has been killed; or before it is launched
- **Timer**: Animation
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# Recall: Relating this back to the phone

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<div class="mermaid">
  graph LR
  ap[Application Program]
  hlt[High Level Tools]
  t[Toolkit]
  w[Window System]
  o[OS]
  h[Hardware]

class ap,w,o,h,hlt,t yellow
</div>
]

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Application Program:

- Views
  - **(M) Stores local model (am I pressed, etc)**
  - **(V) Draws itself on screen**
  - (C) Implements callbacks for user events (such as onTouch)
- Whole Application
  - **(M) Stores application model (data/state of app)**
  - **(V) Sets up the interactor hierarchy**
  - (C) Implements callbacks for interface events (such as buttonPressed)
]

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# Recall: Relating this back to the phone

.left-column[
<div class="mermaid">
  graph LR
  ap[Application Program]
  hlt[High Level Tools]
  t[Toolkit]
  w[Window System]
  o[OS]
  h[Hardware]

class ap,w,o,h,hlt,t yellow
</div>
]

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Application Program:

- Views
  - (M) Stores local model (am I pressed, etc)
  - (V) Draws itself on screen
  - **(C) Implements callbacks for user events (such as onTouch)**
- Whole Application
  - (M) Stores application model (data/state of app)
  - (V) Sets up the interactor hierarchy
  - **(C) Implements callbacks for interface events (such as buttonPressed)**
]

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# Android Callbacks

- `onCreate`
  - called when the activity is first created
  - we've seen this in our Doodle, Layout, and Spot The Heron apps:

```java
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // We want to do any view initialization work here
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

// Load the XML representation of our layout into the view
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

// Any other work we need to do like adding views or
  // registering click listeners!
}
```

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# Other Android Callbacks

- `onStart`
  - Called when activity is about to be visible to the user
  - Always gets called after `onCreate` or `onRestart`
--
- `onResume`
  - Called when the activity will start interacting with a use
  - Always gets called after `onStart`
- ...

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## Event Listeners

### Putting theory into practice

???
- Implementation strategy

- Basic goal: notify something of a change

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# Callbacks in Android

- At the time Android was created the toolkit developers have *no* idea how every app may want to respond to events

- Listeners are an interface that  acts as a _callback_ method

--
  - Recall interfaces specify behavior (but no data) that can be inherited.

- Must be *registered with* a particular `View`
  - The toolkit architecture (implemented in `View`) then delivers events that arrive at *that View* to *those listeners*
  - i.e. once the `View` is interacted with by the user

- A `View` can have listen for different types of interactions

???
What is an interface?

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# Standard Listener Interfaces
The toolkit has pre-defined interfaces so apps or components can respond to events such as clicks or touches.
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- These interfaces are implemented inside `View` as *inner classes*
- More listed in the [API Documentation](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/ui-events.html)
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  ```java
    // User tapped a view
    public static interface View.OnClickListener { ... }

// User long pressed on a View
    public static interface View.OnLongClickListener { ... }

// State of view has changed
    // (e.g. user clicked outside a EditText input box)
    public static interface View.OnFocusChangeListener { ... }

// user typed something
	public static interface View.OnKeyListener { ... }
	```

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# Implementing clicking

Create your button

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# Pressing something!

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In general to respond to a click/press/touch
1. Create your interactor
2. Register an event listener with the interactor

Examples here
- Buttons that respond to `onClick` events
- `Counter` Interactor (we created) that responds to `onTouch` events
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<br>
![:youtube Example counter app running with 5 buttons at the bottom and a touch target at the top,GlJq-kTdJOM]
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[Sample code](https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/cse340/exercises/counter)
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# Registering an Event Listener

~~Three~~ five ways to register an event listener:

- Creating a separate class/file or an inner class
  - Creating an anonymous inner class
  - Implementing an Interface in your custom view/application
  - Creating an anonymous class as a parameter
  - Lambdas

Examples of all of these are in the
[Counter](https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/cse340/exercises/counter) exercise

Take a moment to clone that repo and explore the starter code focusing on `activity_main.xml` and
`EventExampleActivity`.

What are some of the things you notice?
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# Exploring the Counter Starter code

Code for the [Counter](https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/cse340/exercises/counter) exercise uses a helper function
```java
/** Method to increment the count field */
private void incrementCount(View v) {
    TextView counter = findViewById(R.id.count);
    String textCount = counter.getText().toString();
    int count = Integer.parseInt(textCount);
    counter.setText("" + ++count);

((TextView)findViewById(R.id.whichButton)).setText(((Button)v).getText());

}
```

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## Part 1: Create an (Inner) Class and use it

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

// Approach 1 implementation: An inner class that implements onClickListener
  private class MyButtonListener implements View.OnClickListener {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        incrementCount(v);
    }
  }

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Button b1 = findViewById(R.id.button_one);
    if (b1 != null) {
      // TODO: part 1: set the onClickListener for button_one by
      //      creating a new object of type MyButtonListener and
      //      calling the setOnClickListener method with that new object.
    }
  }
```

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## Part 1: Create an (Inner) Class and use it (solution)

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Button b1 = findViewById(R.id.button_one);
    if (b1 != null) {
      b1.setOnClickListener(mButtonClickListener);
    }
  }
```

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## Part 2: Use a named anonymous class

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

// Approach 2 implementation: An anonymous class that implements
  // OnClickListener is stored in a variable
  View.OnClickListener mButtonClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
          incrementCount(v);
      }
  };

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Button b2 = findViewById(R.id.button_two);
    if (b2 != null) {
        // TODO: part 2: set the onClickListener for button_two by using the
        //  mButtonClickListener variable defined above
    }
  }
```

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## Part 2: Use a named anonymous class (solution)

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Button b2 = findViewById(R.id.button_two);
    if (b2 != null) {
      b2.setOnClickListener(mButtonClickListener);
    }
  }
```

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## Digging deeper: Creating an Named Anonymous Class

Let's take some time to parse this...

```java
View.OnClickListener mButtonClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
```

- `View.OnClickListener` is the variable type ([Documentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.OnClickListener.html)) - a nested class in `View`
- `new View.OnClickListener()` is the the anonymous object
  - The on method that you MUST implement (in order to create a new object) is `OnClick` which overrides the abstract method
- We're assigning that new object to a variable name (`mButtonClickListener`)

```java
public void OnClick(View v)
  { /* stuff in here does the work when a click is received! */ }
```
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# Part 3: Implement the interface

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Make the class implement the `View.OnClickListener` interface

Override the `onClick` method

Set the onClickListener to `this`
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```java
public class EventExampleActivity
    extends AppCompatActivity /* TODO */ {
...
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // Registering the listener in Approach 3 (using this class)
  Button b3 = findViewById(R.id.button_three);
  if (b3 != null) {
      // TODO: part 3: After you have made this class implement View.OnClickListener
      //       (see the class header and below this method), set the
      //       onClickListener for button_three to this
  }
...
  // Approach 3 implementation: implement the listener
  // in *this* class
  // TODO: Part 3: Write the onClick(View v)
  // method to increment the count
```
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# Part 3: Implement the interface (solution)

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Make the class implement the `View.OnClickListener` interface

Override the `onClick` method

Set the onClickListener to `this`
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```java
public class EventExampleActivity
    extends AppCompatActivity
    implements View.OnClickListener  {
...
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // Registering the listener in Approach 3 (using this class)
  Button b3 = findViewById(R.id.button_three);
  if (b3 != null) {
      b3.setOnClickListener(this);

}
...
  // Approach 3 implementation: implement the listener
  // in *this* class
  public void onClick(View v) {
    incrementCount(v);
  }
```
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## Part 4: Use an anonymous class

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Registering the listener in Approach 4 (using an anonymous
    // class as a parameter)
    Button b4 = findViewById(R.id.button_four);
    if (b4 != null) {
      // TODO: part 4: set the onClickListener for button_four by creating an
      //       anonymous View.OnClickListener Class right here!
    }
  }
```
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## Part 4: Use an anonymous class (solution)

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Registering the listener in Approach 4 (using an anonymous
    // class as a parameter)
    Button b4 = findViewById(R.id.button_four);
    if (b4 != null) {
      b4.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            incrementCount(v);
        }
      });
    }
  }
```

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# Part 5: Use a lambda

For very simple listeners you can create the and register the listener all at once with lamba
syntax for Java 8 or higher.

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Registering the listener in Approach 5 (using a lambda)
    Button b5 = findViewById(R.id.button_five);
    if (b5 != null) {
      // TODO: part 5: set the onClickListener for button_five by
      //       using a lambda to call incrementCount(v) directly.
    }
  }
```

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# Part 5: Use a lambda (solution)

For very simple listeners you can create the and register the listener all at once with lamba
syntax for Java 8 or higher.

```java
public class EventExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Registering the listener in Approach 5 (using a lambda)
    Button b5 = findViewById(R.id.button_five);
    if (b5 != null) {
      b5.setOnClickListener((View v) -> incrementCount(v));
    }
  }
```

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# Other Listeners
The toolkit has pre-defined interfaces so apps or components can respond to events such as clicks or touches.
More are listed in the [API Documentation](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/ui-events.html)

```java
// User tapped a view
public static interface View.OnClickListener { ... }

// User long pressed on a View
public static interface View.OnLongClickListener { ... }

// State of view has changed
// (e.g. user clicked outside a EditText input box)
public static interface View.OnFocusChangeListener { ... }

// user typed something
public static interface View.OnKeyListener { ... }
```

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# Registering Multiple Listeners

Can register more than one listener

For example:
```java
  View v = new View();
  v.setOnClickListener(...);
  v.setOnLongClickListener(...);
  ```

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# Many Views, Same Listener (1/3)

Event callbacks are passed the `View` as a parameter
--
count: false

We can reuse a listener for views that handle the same action
  (e.g. all 5 buttons could use the same class/method for the action)

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# Many Views, Same Listener (2/3)

And we can handle different actions by checking the `View` or its `id`:
```java
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedState) {
    Button b1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_one);
    if (b1 != null) {
      b1.setOnClickListener(mButtonClickListener);
    }

Button b2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_two);
    if (b2 != null) {
      b2.setOnClickListener(mButtonClickListener);
    }
  }
```
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# Many Views, Same Listener (3/3)

```java
View.OnClickListener mButtonClickListener = new View.OnClickListener({
  public void onClick(View v) {
    if (v == null) {
      return;
    }

// Use the ID of the view to determine where the event originated from
    int viewId = v.getId();

switch (viewId) {
      case R.id.button_one:  // First Button
        Log.d("Button Press", "First Button");
        break;
      case R.id.button_two:  // Second Button
        Log.d("Button Press", "Second Button");
        break;
      default:               // Someone else is using the listener!
        Log.d("Button Press", "Invalid Button!");
    }
  }
});
```
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# Marking an event as handled

This ensures only one view gets it (we talk about the algorithm behind this later)

Return `boolean` value that indicate the event has been handled (`true`)

```java
    /**
     * onLongClick - triggered when a view is long clicked
     * @param v - the view long pressed
     * @return - true if the callback consumed the long click, false otherwise.
     **/
    boolean onLongClick (View v) { ... };
  ```
.footnote[[API Documentation for Long Click](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.OnLongClickListener.html)
]

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## Pair Programming Exercise: Spot the Heron

Now its your turn.

- We're going to work in pairs (or breakout rooms of 2 people)
  - Asynchronous folks can work independently
  - Start by introducing yourselves.
- At least one person should download
[Spot the Heron](https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/cse340/exercises/cse340-spot-the-heron) (`events` branch)
- Driver/Navigator model
  - Person with the code should open it in Android Studio and share their screen (driver)
  - Person who is not sharing their screen should open up this slide deck and the
[Counter](https://gitlab.cs.washington.edu/cse340/exercises/counter) app for reference
- Implement the next/prev/slideshow buttons in Spot the Heron.

Your work will be turned in on the [Ed lesson](https://edstem.org/us/courses/32031/lessons/29232/slides/167332)
for today.

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# Other types of interactors

What other types of interactors have you used in a Graphical User Interface (GUI)?

???

- Menus
- Drop down list boxes
- Scroll bars
- Text Edit boxes
- Radio buttons/Check boxes

--
count: false

- Menus
- Drop down list boxes
- Scroll bars
- Text Edit boxes
- Radio buttons/Check boxes

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# Menus

Create the menu resource
- Click on the **Resource Manager** tab and click on the vertical ...
- Select Menu
  - If you have a menu already, it will show up in this pane
  - If you don't have a menu already, click the **+**
  - Name your menu and add your menu items

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# Menus

Example: Counter

![:img Full screen window of the menu item resource in a split view with the code and visuals,100%,width](img/event-handling/menu-resource.png)

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# Menus

Handle the callback (from the **system**) with an `onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)`
listener

```java
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}
```

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# Menus

But we still need to handle the events generated from the **user**

```java
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
  int id = item.getItemId();
  if (id != R.id.dropdown_menu) { // if not the parent hamburger menu
      if (id == R.id.reset_button_count) {
        ...
      } else if (id == R.id.reset_click_count) {
        ...
      } else {
        ...
      }
      return true;  // return true if we handled the event!
  }
  // Otherwise pass it off to the parent class for handling
  return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
```

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# Summary: Relating this back to the phone

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<div class="mermaid">
  graph LR
  ap[Application Program]
  hlt[High Level Tools]
  t[Toolkit]
  w[Window System]
  o[OS]
  h[Hardware]

class ap,w,o,h,hlt,t yellow
</div>
]
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Hardware level: electronics to sense circuits closing or movement
- Difference between hardware (Event vs sampled)
- Sensor based input

OS: "Interrupts" that tell the Window system something happened
 - Logical device abstraction and types of devices
]
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# Summary: Relating this back to the phone

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<div class="mermaid">
  graph LR
  ap[Application Program]
  hlt[High Level Tools]
  t[Toolkit]
  w[Window System]
  o[OS]
  h[Hardware]

class ap,w,o,h,hlt,t yellow
</div>
]
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Windows system: Tells which window received the input

Toolkit Architecture:
- Receives events from windowing system
- Packages up Events and determines which `Views` should get them
- Calls Callbacks
- Handles other aspects of MVC (like redraw)
]

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# Summary: Relating this back to the phone

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<div class="mermaid">
  graph LR
  ap[Application Program]
  hlt[High Level Tools]
  t[Toolkit]
  w[Window System]
  o[OS]
  h[Hardware]

class ap,w,o,h,hlt,t yellow
</div>
]

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Application Program:

- Views
  - (M) Stores local model (am I pressed, etc)
  - (V) Draws itself on screen
  - (C) Implements callbacks for user events (such as onTouch)
- Whole Application
  - (M) Stores application model (data/state of app)
  - (V) Sets up the interactor hierarchy
  - (C) Implements callbacks for interface events (such as buttonPressed)
]

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# End of Deck

Thing to think about...

How would you handle input in a circular component?