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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.launcher2;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+import com.android.launcher.R;
+
+public class ClippedImageView extends ImageView {
+    private final int mZone;
+
+    public ClippedImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        this(context, attrs, 0);
+    }
+
+    public ClippedImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
+        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
+        
+        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.ClippedImageView, defStyle, 0);
+
+        mZone = a.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.ClippedImageView_ignoreZone, 0);
+
+        a.recycle();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+        final int zone = mZone;
+        return !(zone != 0 && (zone > 0 && event.getX() >= zone) ||
+                (zone < 0 && event.getX() < getWidth() + zone)) && super.onTouchEvent(event);
+
+    }
+}