How to Stop Tap Events From Passing Through an Android Fragment

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By default, the layout view in Android (LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, etc) don’t consume click events. I discovered this trying to show a new fragment above another. Taps were registering on the non-visible fragment below. To fix this, add an attribute to the view to tell it to consume click events with android:clickable="true".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@android:color/white"

    android:clickable="true">

</LinearLayout>

I hope this tip saves someone else the time I lost :)

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Stop clicking and run for your life! 😱
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