Background: I have a custom WebViewClient displaying an interactive webpage in kiosk mode, no external links etc. Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to have long touch actions, since they do nothing. So what I'd like to do is when a long touch is performed, usually from a user holding down slightly too long (500 ms isn't much) on a button for navigation, I'd like to perform the short touch action. This is complicated by the fact that the webpage is contained entirely in the javascript, no android views are used beyond the main webview window. So I need a way to execute a short touch with the same parameters (location etc) as the long touch.

Things I have tried:
Attempt 1: [Android Press LongClickListener get X, Y Coordinates, OnTouchListener](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6530350/android-press-longclicklistener-get-x-y-coordinates-ontouchlistener)

Resulting in:

```
PressEvent press;

class PressEvent {
    MotionEvent ev;

    public PressEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        ev = event;
    }
}

launchMethod (abbreviated for brevity) {
    view = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.mainWebview);
    view.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)
        {
            final int action = event.getAction();
            switch (action & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                   press = new PressEvent(event);
                   break;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

    view.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
            log.debug("HERE");
            MotionEvent newEvent = MotionEvent.obtain(press.ev.getDownTime(), press.ev.getDownTime() + 499, MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN, press.ev.getX(), press.ev.getY(), press.ev.getMetaState());
            view.dispatchTouchEvent(newEvent);
            newEvent.recycle();
            return true;
        }
    });

```

This appears to not work at all, though I do see my "HERE" debug statement. 
Attempt 2, some combination of: [How to simulate a touch event in Android?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4396059/how-to-simulate-a-touch-event-in-android) 

[How do I "restart" a touch event in Android?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6904222/how-do-i-restart-a-touch-event-in-android?lq=1)

[programmatically execute Touch event in android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9787699/programmatically-execute-touch-event-in-android) 

Resulting in:

```
    int longPress = ViewConfiguration.getLongPressTimeout();

    view.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener()
    {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)
        {
            long timeHeld = event.getEventTime() - event.getDownTime();
            log.debug(timeHeld);
            log.debug(event.getAction());
            if (timeHeld > longPress && event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {

                log.debug(event.getDownTime() + " " + event.getEventTime());
                MotionEvent newEvent = MotionEvent.obtain(event.getDownTime(), event.getDownTime() + 499, event.getAction(), event.getX(), event.getY(), event.getMetaState());
                view.dispatchTouchEvent(newEvent);
                newEvent.recycle();
                return true;
            } 
            return false;
        }
    });

```

This actually appears to work, but not in all cases. It seems to work if I manage to not move my finger at all during the hold. However, if I do, it doesn't work. I suspect it has something to do with the ACTION\_MASKED flag [Android Press LongClickListener get X, Y Coordinates, OnTouchListener](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6530350/android-press-longclicklistener-get-x-y-coordinates-ontouchlistener) but tried a few things and couldn't seem to affect the outcome. 

So, can either of these methods be made to work, or is there another way to replace the long touch click with a short touch click?