ListView doesnt fire setOnLongClickListener, only setOnItemClickListener

Question

I'd like to have both type of clicks on a listView - onClick and LongClick.

I've implemented it like this:

this.listViewSub = (ListView) this.findViewById(R.id.listsub);

this.listViewSub.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(final AdapterView parent, final View view, final int position,
                final long id) { ... }    });

        // listen to long click - to share texts
    this.listViewSub.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onLongClick(View v) { ... } });

But it does't fire the Long Click. Anyone has any idea why?

Insipience

Answer 1

You have to enable the LongClickable

list.setLongClickable(true);

and

list.setOnItemLongClickListener(new OnItemLongClickListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
                final int arg2, long arg3) {

}
});

Crifasi

Thanks man! Solved my problem :) And BTW - you don't have to do setLongClickable trough code, its nicer when you determn it through the XML: android:longClickable="true" – Insipience

The documentation of setOnItemLongClickListener says that "If this view is not long clickable, it becomes long clickable." – Scarcity

Make sure to use setOnItemLongClickListener, NOT setOnLongClickListener – Armagh

Answer 2

@Vadim, are your listview's adapter is extends from BaseAdapter? if yes, then also need to set convertView.setLongClickable(true); in the getView().

Apparel

Why did I have to set setLongClickable(true) in getView() and android:longClickable="true" in ListView's XML declaration? – Amaze

Answer 3

For me, I had to set android:longClickable="true" in the XML file that contains my ListView row layout (not ListView layout) for the item to be long-clickable.

Lot

Of the many proposed solutions I've seen for this issue (and I've tried them ALL), this is the only one that has worked for me. – Rackrent

Answer 4

onLongClick returns true if the callback consumed the long click, false otherwise. So if the event is handled by this method, return true.

Paeon

I've added a breakpoint inside this method, and it doesn't stops there.. it looks like it doesnt fire the event. – Insipience