Added in API level 1

FocusFinder

public class FocusFinder
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.FocusFinder


The algorithm used for finding the next focusable view in a given direction from a view that currently has focus.

Summary

Public methods

View findNearestTouchable(ViewGroup root, int x, int y, int direction, int[] deltas)

Find the nearest touchable view to the specified view.

final View findNextFocus(ViewGroup root, View focused, int direction)

Find the next view to take focus in root's descendants, starting from the view that currently is focused.

View findNextFocusFromRect(ViewGroup root, Rect focusedRect, int direction)

Find the next view to take focus in root's descendants, searching from a particular rectangle in root's coordinates.

View findNextKeyboardNavigationCluster(View root, View currentCluster, int direction)

Find the root of the next keyboard navigation cluster after the current one.

static FocusFinder getInstance()

Get the focus finder for this thread.

Inherited methods

Public methods

findNearestTouchable

Added in API level 1
public View findNearestTouchable (ViewGroup root, 
                int x, 
                int y, 
                int direction, 
                int[] deltas)

Find the nearest touchable view to the specified view.

Parameters
root ViewGroup: The root of the tree in which to search

x int: X coordinate from which to start the search

y int: Y coordinate from which to start the search

direction int: Direction to look

deltas int: Offset from the to the edge of the nearest view. Note that this array may already be populated with values.

Returns
View The nearest touchable view, or null if none exists.

findNextFocus

Added in API level 1
public final View findNextFocus (ViewGroup root, 
                View focused, 
                int direction)

Find the next view to take focus in root's descendants, starting from the view that currently is focused.

Parameters
root ViewGroup: Contains focused. Cannot be null.

focused View: Has focus now.

direction int: Direction to look.

Returns
View The next focusable view, or null if none exists.

findNextFocusFromRect

Added in API level 1
public View findNextFocusFromRect (ViewGroup root, 
                Rect focusedRect, 
                int direction)

Find the next view to take focus in root's descendants, searching from a particular rectangle in root's coordinates.

Parameters
root ViewGroup: Contains focusedRect. Cannot be null.

focusedRect Rect: The starting point of the search.

direction int: Direction to look.

Returns
View The next focusable view, or null if none exists.

findNextKeyboardNavigationCluster

Added in API level 26
public View findNextKeyboardNavigationCluster (View root, 
                View currentCluster, 
                int direction)

Find the root of the next keyboard navigation cluster after the current one.

Parameters
root View: The view tree to look inside. Cannot be null

currentCluster View: The starting point of the search. Null means the default cluster This value may be null.

direction int: Direction to look Value is View.FOCUS_BACKWARD, View.FOCUS_FORWARD, View.FOCUS_LEFT, View.FOCUS_UP, View.FOCUS_RIGHT, or View.FOCUS_DOWN

Returns
View The next cluster, or null if none exists

getInstance

Added in API level 1
public static FocusFinder getInstance ()

Get the focus finder for this thread.

Returns
FocusFinder