Drag multiple button views in Java

I have an application where I need a button to move the stack (like moving part of a pile of cards from one pile to another) I have defined all the buttons in the XML layout and set up touch and drag listeners for everyone

case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:

        isWastePile=false;

        get_selected_deck(v); // determines which of 7 decks or layouts in the tablau you have
                                // clicked
        FromDeck = selecteddeck;
        FromDeckCard = deckcard;
        FromDeckButton = deckbutton;
        // if (!mClicking) {
        mClicking = true;
        //String piecetag = (String) v.getTag();

        // // IDEA!!!/ ///
        /*
         * I wrote a function that finds all the ImageButtons below where
         * the user clicked,and set them all to invisible. I then created a
         * new Linear Layout within the Linear Layout that the user clicked (during the ACTION_DOWN event),* and passed that into the Drag Shadow builder during the ACTION_MOVE event.
         * 
         * Once into the ACTION_DROP portion,I simply referenced global
         * variables to figure out if the user dropped in one or multiple
         * ImageButtons,and dealt with them accordingly.
         */

        //if (!isWastePile) {
        //draglayout.setClipChildren(false);
        lltemp = new LinearLayout(this);
        lltemp.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams llparams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

        llparams.setMargins(0,-52,0);
        lltemp.setLayoutParams(llparams);
        draglayout.addView(lltemp);


        for (int i = 0; i < deckstack_list[selecteddeck].size(); i++) {
            if (v == (draglayout.getChildAt(i))) {
                startpos = i;
                for (int o = i; o < deckstack_list[selecteddeck].size(); o++) {
                    // layout5.removeViewAt(o);
                    draglayout.getChildAt(o).setVisibility(View.GONE); // all
                                                                            // buttons
                                                                            // being
                    dragtempstack.push((Integer) deckstack_list[selecteddeck].get(o))   ;                                                   // dragged
                                                                            // to
                                                                            // invisible
                    // then recreate another linear layout within layout5
                    // and pass to dragshadow builder
                    // to do

                    // also set a GLOBAL variable with stack count (number
                    // of cards dragged)
                    lltemp.setClipChildren(false);
                    lltemp.addView(createtempButtons(o,startpos));


                }

            }
        }
        //} // end if wastepile check statement

        //tosty("dragtempstack size: "+dragtempstack.size());

        break;

    case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:

        //tosty("Action MOVE");
        Log.i("ACTION Event: ","ACTION MOVE");
        // v = layout5;


        v = lltemp;


        v.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
        v.bringToFront();
        v.invalidate();
        v.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

        //DragShadowBuilder shadowBuilder = new View.DragShadowBuilder(v);
        DeckDragShadow shadowBuilder = new DeckDragShadow(v);
        v.startDrag(null,shadowBuilder,v,0);


        correctDrag = false;

        break;

    private Button createtempButtons(final int i,final int startpos) {
    final Button b = new Button(this);

    b.setOnTouchListener(this);
    b.setOnDragListener(new DeckDragListener());

    b.setBackgroundResource(cardimagearray[dragdeckstack.get(i)]);

    float width = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,45,getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
    float height = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,61,getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

    LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
            (int) width,(int) height);
    float margTop = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,-36,getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

    if (i > startpos) {
        params.setMargins(0,-57,0);
    }

    b.setLayoutParams(params);

    // b.bringToFront();
    // b.invalidate();
    b.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

    return b;

Solution

Instead of trying to copy listeners for each button, I treat the buttons as groups When you click a button in a group, it is divided into two groups: the button above the button and what you want to leave Then drag and drop the group into another group

As templerschaf suggests, these groups can be linear layouts:

>Click LinearLayout > which item it registers > place the new LinearLayout containing the item below the item in the correct position > delete the item below the clicked item and resize it accordingly > then you can continue to drag the layout > and then you can put it on another LinearLayout, which will add the item to your list

This is much like listview animation See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZIvjMgH -Q

https://github.com/bauerca/drag-sort-listview/blob/master/library/src/com/mobeta/android/dslv/DragSortListView.java