Android: Why does long click also trigger a normal click?

Question

I have a ListView with listeners for a long click and a regular click.

Why, when I long press a list item, the regular click event gets called too?

I need to

Answer 1

Restating the answer in simpler terms:

Given:

@Override
public boolean onLongClick(View view) {

    return true; // or false
}

• return true means that the event is consumed. It is handled. No other click events will be notified.
• return false means the event is not consumed. Any other click events will continue to receive notifications.

So if you don't want onClick to also be triggered after an onLongClick, then you should return true from the onLongClick event.