Can you intercept the long press on menu?

Question

I'm using what should be pretty simple code, but it just doesn't want to work. Does the OS block intercepting this?

@Override
public boolean onKeyLongPress(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {


    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU) 
    {
    longOptionPress = true;
    openOptionsMenu();
        return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyLongPress(keyCode, event);
}

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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You must call startTracking() on the event from the normal onKeyPress() method:

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU) {
        event.startTracking();
        return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}

See also a question I asked and answered some time ago.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Mar 07 '11 at 16:32

Thomas

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Thanks for the quick answer and link... that answered the followup question of the regular menu not launching. – Maximus Mar 07 '11 at 17:26
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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '11 at 16:33

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If it is ListView, You need to use onCreateContextMenu.

 public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View view, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo)

answered Mar 07 '11 at 16:33

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Can you intercept the long press on menu?

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