I have a game object, well a bitmap, which I'd like to "fling". I'm struggling to get it to fling ontouchlistener due to it being a bitmap and not sure how to proceed and I'm struggling to find the resources to help. Here's my code so far:

https://github.com/addrum/Shapes

GameActivity class:

package com.main.shapes;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.GestureDetector;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.view.Window;

public class GameActivity extends Activity {

private GestureDetector gestureDetector;

View view;
Bitmap ball;
float x, y;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    //Remove title bar
    this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    view = new View(this);
    ball = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.ball);
    gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(this, new GestureListener());
    x = 0;
    y = 0;
    setContentView(view);
    ball.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(android.view.View v, MotionEvent event) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            return false;
        }

    });
}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    view.pause();
}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    view.resume();
}

public class View extends SurfaceView implements Runnable {

    Thread thread = null;
    SurfaceHolder holder;
    boolean canRun = false;

    public View(Context context) {
        super(context);
        holder = getHolder();
    }

    public void run() {
        while (canRun) {
            if (!holder.getSurface().isValid()) {
                continue;
            }
            Canvas c = holder.lockCanvas();
            c.drawARGB(255, 255, 255, 255);
            c.drawBitmap(ball, x - (ball.getWidth() / 2), y - (ball.getHeight() / 2), null);
            holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c);
        }
    }

    public void pause() {
        canRun = false;
        while (true) {
            try {
                thread.join();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            break;
        }
        thread = null;
    }

    public void resume() {
        canRun = true;
        thread = new Thread(this);
        thread.start();
    }

}

}

GestureListener class:

package com.main.shapes;

import android.view.GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener;
import android.view.MotionEvent;

public class GestureListener extends SimpleOnGestureListener {

private static final int SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE = 120;
private static final int SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY = 200;

@Override
public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
    if (e1.getX() - e2.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
        //From Right to Left
        return true;
    } else if (e2.getX() - e1.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
        //From Left to Right
        return true;
    }

    if (e1.getY() - e2.getY() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE && Math.abs(velocityY) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
        //From Bottom to Top
        return true;
    } else if (e2.getY() - e1.getY() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE && Math.abs(velocityY) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
        //From Top to Bottom
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

@Override
public boolean onDown(MotionEvent e) {
    //always return true since all gestures always begin with onDown and<br>
    //if this returns false, the framework won't try to pick up onFling for example.
    return true;
}
}