Question

I am trying to use OnItemLongClickListener for a listView on Android. This code works fine when added to onCreate method.

mContactList.setOnItemLongClickListener(new OnItemLongClickListener() {
        public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            Log.e("MyApp", "get onItem Click position= " + position);
            return false;
        }
    });

However when I try to implement OnItemLongClickListener interface and use this method in the class:

@Override
public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id)   {
    Log.e("MyApp", "get onItem Click position= " + position);
    return false;
}

nothing happens. What am I missing?

Answer 1

You always have to set an setOnItemLongClickListener.
If you extract the onClick listener to another class than you have to set this OnItemLongClickListener to the listview.

e.g.

mContactList.setOnItemLongClickListener(new MyClassOnLogItemClickListener());

or if you are in the same class register it with this.