Triggering event when Button is pressed down in Android

You should do this: b is the button.

b.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN ) {
                    mSoundManager.playSound(2);
                    return true;
                }

                return false;
            }
        });

Maybe using a OnTouchListener? I guess MotionEvent will have some methods for registering a touch on the object.

   button.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     return false;
    }
   }))

import android.view.MotionEvent;