Touch Event Blackberry Triggered Multiple Times - blackberry

I'm working with the Blackberry Touch Event and I need to process the TouchEvent.MOVE, TouchEvent.UP and TouchEvent.DOWN to move a carousel of images and the TouchEvent.CLICK to generate some specific action.
My problem is that the touchEvent() method is being called several times. How can I prevent this? Because the behaviour is getting all messed up.
For example: when I just want to capture the TouchEvent.CLICK event, the UP-DOWN-MOVE-CLICK are being triggered one after the next.
My code does the following:
protected boolean touchEvent(TouchEvent message) {
if (message.getEvent() == TouchEvent.CLICK) {
//CHANGE THE CONTENT OF A FIELD
return true;
} else if ((message.getEvent() == TouchEvent.MOVE)
|| (message.getEvent() == TouchEvent.UP)
|| (message.getEvent() == TouchEvent.DOWN)) {
//DELETE THE FIELD
//MOVE A CAROUSEL OF IMAGES
} else {
return false;
}
}
public void moverTouch(int dx) {
//ADD THE FIELD PREVIOUSLY DELETED
}
As you can see, when the CLICK event is captured, I need to change the content of a field, but when the MOVE or UP or DOWN event is captured, I need to delete that Field from his manager, do some working with a carousel of images, and then re-add the field previously deleted.
The carousel moving part works fine, but when I try to capture JUST the CLICK event, and the others are being triggered as well, but the moverTouch() function doesn't get triggered because there is no actual movement on the carousel of images, I end up with a deleted field that I need to update its content.

At a glance:
I think you need to differentiate touch gestures (I believe you are "listening" for something like a swipe gesture to scroll the gallery image) from "normal" touch events (specifically you need to process TouchEvent.CLICK to apply "some specific action" to the clicked image).
To decide whether the TouchEvent represents a gesture there is a TouchEvent.GESTURE constant. Then it is possible to know what exactly TouchGesture it represents by calling TouchEvent.getGesture().
Some sample code for touch gestures can be viewed here.

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I'm developing a game on Unity for iOS devices. I've implemented the following code for touch:
void Update () {
ApplyForce ();
}
void ApplyForce() {
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}
I've dragged this script onto my game object which is a sphere. But the log message appears no matter where I touch. I want to detect touch only when the users touches the object.
stick the code bellow in your camera, or something else that will persist in the level you're designing. It can be anything, even an empty gameobject. The only important thing is that it only exists ONCE in your level, otherwise you'll have multiple touch checks running at the same time, which will cause some seriously heavy load on the system.
void Update () {
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Another thing to keep in mind is that raycast will originate at your camera (at the position relative to your finger's touch) and hit the first object with a collider. So if your object is hidden behind something else, you won't be able to touch it.
Also put the script bellow in your touch object (in this example, called TouchObjectScript.cs)
void Update () {
}
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If something wasn't clear, or you need any further help, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
The best way to do this, is just adding:
void OnMouseDown () {}
to the gameobject you want to be clicked.
The problem with this is that you cannot press 2 things at one time.

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I am dealing with KeywordFilterField which is populated with the list of the countries. Now the problem i am facing is that when i click the particular country it should move to the next screen as I have written the pushScreen code in the trackwheelClick event after checking that _keywordFilterField is focusable or not, but this is not the case. The Menu opens when trackwheelClick event is fired, at the center of the screen, rather than moving onto the next screen.Can anybody have the idea why Menu dialog opens on the trackwheelclick event instead of going to the next screen.
See what i have done on trackwheel click event:
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We have a iPad app which includes a two-column news reader. The left view contains the list of news of which some link directly to a news and some push another view controller with another list of news. This will also cause a UIButton to be set as the leftBarButtonItem of the navigation bar. If we are on first level, a simple image that cannot be tapped will be the leftBarButtonItem.
My goal is now to have a test that taps every news on the first level. If a news leads to a second level list, it should tap the UIButton in the navigation bar.
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toString() will return [object UIAElementNil] if element is invalid or will return [object UIAButton] or [object UIAImage].
Also try to use Apple documentation:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Reference/UIAElementClassReference/UIAElement/UIAElement.html
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save();
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showNextScreen();
}
}
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int touchY = message.getY(1);
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I had solved it. but posting the answer late. I just dropped the idea of using ListField because i dont have so much rows to add. So i have just used the little trick rather using ListField i have used HorizontalFieldManager and its look like a List so everything working fine.
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Please help.
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