ListView OnItemLongClickListener() not triggered

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I have a class that extends ListActivity where the list items respond to OnClick events. Adding an OnItemLongClickListener does not work. The onItemLongClick() function is not called (no log-output or Toast showing) but the normal OnClick() event is handled instead. I want to display a contextual action bar upon long click. A minimum example using my code in a new project works fine. So my question is: What can possibly prevent the onItemLongClick() trigger from being triggered? My minimum API is 11. I am also setting the listView to `longClickable="true"`. Activity code (selected functions): ``` public class EventListActivity extends ListActivity { private ArrayList arrEvents = null; private ArrayAdapter adpEvents = null; private ActionMode mActionMode = null; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // only create list adapter and set it arrEvents = new ArrayList(); adpEvents = new ArrayAdapter(thi…

Accepted Answer

When using a ListActivity or ListFragment there is no method you can override for the long-click, and getting access to the ListView is not possible in onCreateView(), since it is being controlled by the parent class.

So, to overcome this, I did this, since the getListView() command won't work until after the view is created:

```
@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
    mRecipeListView = this.getListView();
    mRecipeListView.setOnItemLongClickListener(new ListView.OnItemLongClickListener() {

@Override
        public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View view, int position, long row_id) {
            // Process the long-click
        }
    });
}
```

ListView OnItemLongClickListener() not triggered

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