Implement my own hokey pull to refresh on Android. Nobody's got time for all those dependencies.

src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import android.os.strictmode.Violation;
 import android.util.Base64;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
 import android.view.Window;
 import android.webkit.CookieManager;
 import android.webkit.DownloadListener;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 	private ValueCallback<Uri[]> upload_message;
 	private final static int FILECHOOSER_RESULT = 1;
+	private float touch_down_y;
 
 	@Override
 	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -238,12 +241,9 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 			}
 		});
 
-		Button refresh = (Button)findViewById(R.id.refresh);
-		refresh.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
-			public void onClick(View view) {
-				web_view.reload();
-			}
-		});
+		TextView refresh = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.refresh);
+		refresh.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+		refresh.setText("REFRESH");
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -298,6 +298,39 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 		return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+		final int k_drag_distance = 160;
+		switch (event.getActionMasked()) {
+		case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
+			touch_down_y = event.getY();
+			break;
+		case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
+			{
+				float delta = event.getY() - touch_down_y;
+				TextView refresh = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.refresh);
+				LayoutParams layout = refresh.getLayoutParams();
+				layout.height =
+					Math.min(Math.max((int)delta, 0), k_drag_distance) +
+					(delta > k_drag_distance ? (int)Math.sqrt(delta - k_drag_distance) : 0);
+				refresh.setLayoutParams(layout);
+				refresh.setVisibility(layout.height > 0 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
+			{
+				float delta = event.getY() - touch_down_y;
+				if (delta > getWindow().getDecorView().getHeight() / 4) {
+					web_view.reload();
+				}
+				TextView refresh = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.refresh);
+				refresh.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event);
+	}
+
 	private int read_port(String path) {
 		try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path))) {
 			return Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());

src/android/res/layout/activity_main.xml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 		android:layout_width="match_parent"
 		android:layout_height="match_parent"
 		android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"/>
-	<Button
+	<TextView
 		android:id="@+id/refresh"
-		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-		android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
-		android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
-		android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
-		android:text="REFRESH"/>
+		android:layout_width="match_parent"
+		android:layout_height="160dp"
+		android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
+		android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
+		android:textColor="#fff"
+		android:background="#44f"/>
 </RelativeLayout>