GestureRecognizer cleanup
Summary
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OneSequenceGestureRecognizer.addAllowedPointer() was changed to take a
PointerDownEvent, like its superclass. Previously, it accepted the more
general PointerEvent type, which was incorrect.
Context
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The framework only ever passes PointerDownEvent objects to
addAllowedPointer(). Declaring
OneSequenceGestureRecognizer.addAllowedPointer() to take the more general
type was confusing, and caused OneSequenceGestureRecognizer subclasses to
have to cast their argument to the right class.
Description of change
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The previous declaration forced OneSequenceGestureRecognizer descendants to
override addAllowedPointer() like so:
class CustomGestureRecognizer extends ScaleGestureRecognizer {
@override
void addAllowedPointer(PointerEvent event) {
// insert custom handling of event here...
super.addAllowedPointer(event);
}
}
The new method declaration will cause this code to fail with the following error message:
super.addAllowedPointer(event); The argument type 'PointerEvent' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'PointerDownEvent'.
#argument_type_not_assignable
Migration guide
#Code before migration:
class CustomGestureRecognizer extends ScaleGestureRecognizer {
@override
void addAllowedPointer(PointerEvent event) {
// insert custom handling of event here...
super.addAllowedPointer(event);
}
}
Code after migration:
class CustomGestureRecognizer extends ScaleGestureRecognizer {
@override
void addAllowedPointer(PointerDownEvent event) {
// insert custom handling of event here...
super.addAllowedPointer(event);
}
}
Timeline
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Landed in version: 2.3.0-13.0.pre
In stable release: 2.5
References
#API documentation:
Relevant PR:
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