Player movement control on touch devices

[JohnD]

I am trying to create movement controls for my game. I created an Up button, which, when held down, should make the player go upwards. The problem is that it only goes up once by 5 pixels when clicked. I tried to use isDown, but I don't know how to use it with buttons, only with keyboard controls. What is the correct way to do it?

 

In Create

buttonUp = game.add.button(16, game.world.centerY, 'button_up', goUp, this, 0, 1);buttonUp.anchor.setTo(0, 1);buttonUp.fixedToCamera = true;

In Update

function goUp() {    player.position.y -= 5;}

[Batzi]

Is this in the update()?

 

I would something like this

 

In Create:

cursors = this.game.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();

In Update:

if(cursors.up.isDown){  player.y -= 5;}

[JohnD]

Thank you for your answer! Yes, the function is in Update. I have already set controls for the keyboard cursors, but I also need buttons for touch devices. That is what I've been trying to implement unsuccessfully.

[drhayes]

The callback will only get called when the button is pressed, not every frame. In your callback, set a boolean like "isTouchingUp" to true and in your update method change your players position.

[JohnD]

I have finally figured it out. The only things I needed were buttonUp.input.pointerOver() and this.game.input.activePointer.isDown. This way when the button is being clicked or pointed on, the player goes up.