long-press

I want to emulate a long a press button, how can I do this? I think a timer is needed. I see UILongPressGestureRecognizer but how can I utilize this type? You can start off by creating and attaching the UILongPressGestureRecognizer instance to the button. UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(longPress:)]; [self.button addGestureRecognizer:longPress]; [longPress release]; And then implement the method that handles the gesture - (void)longPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)gesture { if ( gesture.state ==

I would like to handle a long press on a UITableViewCell to print a "quick access menu". Did someone already do this? Particularly the gesture recognize on UITableView ? First add the long press gesture recognizer to the table view: UILongPressGestureRecognizer *lpgr = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLongPress:)]; lpgr.minimumPressDuration = 2.0; //seconds lpgr.delegate = self; [self.myTableView addGestureRecognizer:lpgr]; [lpgr release]; Then in the gesture handler: -(void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {

I'm currently fiddling around with Android programming, but I have a small problem detecting different touch events, namely a normal touch press (press on the screen and release right away), a long press (touch the screen and hold the finger on it) and movement (dragging on the screen). What I wanted to do is have an image (of a circle) on my screen which I can drag around. Then when I press it once (short/normal press) a Toast comes up with some basic information about it. When I long press it, an AlertDialog with a list comes up to select a different image (circle, rectangle or triangle). I