OnLongClickListener is not working as it's supposed to work

Question

The code is very simple.. Nothing great I am just trying to toast a message and for some reason the behavior is different in two cases.

Case 1 : This is working:

Here's the code:

 @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.webopen);


            TextView sometext = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.click);
            sometext.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {

                @Override
                public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Long click Working", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    return false;
                }
            });


            }

Case 2: Not working! I want to know the reason why it's not working

public class OnClick extends Activity implements OnLongClickListener {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.webopen);

        TextView sometext = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.click);

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onLongClick(View v) {

        switch (v.getId()) {
        case R.id.click:
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Long click enabled",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            // OR
            // Something();
            break;

        default:
            break;
        }

        return false;
    }

    public boolean Something() {

        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Long click enabled",
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        return true;
    }
}

There's nothing great about the code but I just want to know the reason for onLongClickListener not working.

Any suggestions will help ..:)

Answer 1

You are not setting the onLongClickListener for someText. You need to add this:

someText.setOnLongClickListener(this);

This line will attach the listener object to the TextView Object. In the first case, you make the call to setOnLongClickListener, which is why it works. In this instance, you are creating a new onLongClickListener object in-line.

In the second example, your Activity is inheriting OnLongClickListener, which makes it an instance of that object. So to set the listener for someText, pass the listener this, which is a reference to the current class.