Configuring tool.Activated() for mobile

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Good morning!

I’ve been working on a charging attack, where if you hold mouseButton1Down for 1 or more seconds you deal more damage.

When I tried this on computer, it worked perfectly; however when I tried it on mobile it did detect the hold time, but the tool.Activated() function only activated when it was a short tap, making the hold time redundant.

here’s the script for counting the hold time: (I got this from another forum, I dont take credit for this)

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = true
	startedDown = 0
	---mouse
	mouse.Button1Down:connect( function()
		if equipped == true then
			mouseDown = true
			startedDown = tick() 
		end
	end)
	mouse.Button1Up:connect( function()
		mouseDown = false
	end)
	---touch
	uis.TouchStarted:connect( function()
		if equipped == true then
			mouseDown = true
			startedDown = tick() 
		end
	end)
	uis.TouchEnded:connect( function()
		mouseDown = false
	end)
---
	while wait()  do
		if mouseDown == true and equipped == true then
			hold_time = tick() - startedDown
		end
	end
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	equipped = false
end)

and this part to trigger the attack became the issue:

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	if canPunch == true then canPunch = false
		game.ReplicatedStorage.Pstatus:FireServer("Attack", true) -- telling server that player is attacking
			repeat wait() until mouseDown == false or hold_time >= 1 or equipped == false;
			if hold_time >= 1 then 
                   -- extra damage punch
			elseif equipped == false or hold_time < 1 or mouseDown == false then
                  -- normal punch script 
			
			end
		end
	end
end)

I’m pretty sure this is because tool.Activated() on computer activates on mouseButton1down, while on mobile it activates when the player fully taps and lets go of the screen. Would there be a way for me to change this, so it can work on both mobile and computer?

I tried using contextactionservice, but I dont want to make a button for it.

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