How do I move to target location with touch controls...

I have a side scrolling game which has a hero on screen which moves left or right based on X position of touch.x vs hero.x

The issue I have is the player only moves when touch is active. I would like to touch once and move to destination without using pathfinding. Any suggestions?

If you're not opposed to using 3rd party plugins

How about a walkLeft variable on the object. eg assign 10 on it to walk left 10 whatever units. -10 for right whatever units, 0 = stop.

And on every tick or every 0.x seconds, move and increment 1 unit back to 0.

Change is in touch to on touched any.

on touch create a sprite

if sprite.x > player.x - player simulate platform pressing right