Activate submit button on empty EditText field of MessageInput

[iWillBeUnderYourBed]

I wanted to record a voicemail on buttonLongPress when there's no letters in MessageInput EditText field. But the button seems to be deactivated and when I add a OnTouchListener mMessageInput.getButton().setOnTouchListener() it will be ignored. Nothing happens, the onTouchListener is never called.

mMessageInput.getButton().setActivated(true); makes no difference I can see.

How can I get catch a TouchEvent on the submit button while the EditText is empty?

[mahbub-java]

Why need send button enable actually. Just send directly when voice record completed. MessageInput EditText has many dependency like isTyping and stopTyping. and send button has linked with MessageInput.

[iWillBeUnderYourBed]

I wanted to start the voice recording with the button_down event and stop recording with the button_up event of the button. I can't do that because the button is deactivated. Is there any way I can force the button to be active or to catch the events otherwise?