How to catch onTouchEvent(Kotlin) during another one?

Question

Android

The user touches the screen, when they release their finger, the animation starts running in a loop inside MotionEvent.ACTION_UP . How to make it so that when you touch the screen again, the animation is interrupted? They write that the touches work in the MainThread and until the cycle ends, I will not be able to catch new clicks. So how do you get out of the situation?
PS everything happens inside a custom SurfaceView

Answer 1

move the animation to a separate thread. For example, through AsyncTask. And keep a link to it. And when catching a touch - cancel by link