Simulate Long press by Touch events

Question

How can we simulate long press by touch event? or how can we calculate the time that screen is touched, all in ACTION_DOWN state?

Answer 1

Try this. You don't need to find hack for this.

final GestureDetector gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(new GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
 public void onLongPress(MotionEvent e) {
  Log.e("", "Longpress detected");
 }
});

public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
 if (gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event)) {
  return true;
 }
 switch (event.getAction()) {
  case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
   break;
  case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
   break;
  case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
   break;
 }
 return true;
}
};