Item Long Click handler for ListFragment in Android

The objective of this article is to create an Android application which handles the long click event on the listfragment items. If you want to see the screenshot of this application, please jump to the end of this article

1. Create an Android Project namely “ListFragmentItemLongClick”

Figure 1: New Android Project

2. Select Android build target for this application

Figure 2: Select Android Build Target

3. Enter application details

Figure 3: Enter application Details

4. src/in/wptrafficanalyzer/listfragmentitemlongclick/CountryListFragment.java

package in.wptrafficanalyzer.listfragmentitemlongclick;

import android.app.ListFragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemLongClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class CountryListFragment extends ListFragment{
    String[] countries = new String[] {
        "India",
        "Pakistan",
        "Sri Lanka",
        "China",
        "Bangladesh",
        "Nepal",
        "Afghanistan",
        "North Korea",
        "South Korea",
        "Japan"
    };

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(inflater.getContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,countries);
        setListAdapter(adapter);

        return super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

        OnItemLongClickListener listener = new OnItemLongClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position, long id) {
                Toast.makeText( getActivity().getBaseContext()  , "Long Clicked " + countries[position] , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return false;
            }
        };

        getListView().setOnItemLongClickListener(listener);

    }
}

5. res/layout/main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <fragment
        android:id="@+id/country_list_fragment"
        android:name="in.wptrafficanalyzer.listfragmentitemlongclick.CountryListFragment"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    />

</LinearLayout>

6. Application in execution

Figure 4 : Item Long Click for List Fragment

7. Downloads

ItemLongClick handler for ListFragment 154.21 KB

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8. Reference

http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html

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