How to differentiate between long key press and regular key press?

Question

I\'m trying to override the functionality of the back key press. When the user presses it once, I want it to come back to the previous screen. However, when the back key is

Answer 1

I think the best way to handle it is as such.

The only downside I can see here, is that single clicking the menu button doesn't make a sound in case the user has it enabled. Maybe there is a way to check this setting and use it, or call the default behavior.

Code:

private boolean _handledMenuButton=false;

@Override
public boolean onKeyUp(final int keyCode,final KeyEvent event) {
    switch(keyCode) {
        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU:
          if (!_handledMenuButton) {
              //Handle single clicking here
          }
          _handledMenuButton=false;
          return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyUp(keyCode,event);
}

@Override
public boolean onKeyLongPress(final int keyCode, final KeyEvent event) {
    switch(keyCode) {
        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU:
          //Handle long clicking here
          _handledMenuButton=true;
          return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyLongPress(keyCode,event);
}

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(final int keyCode,final KeyEvent event) {
    switch(keyCode) {
        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU:
            _handledMenuButton=false;
            event.startTracking();
            return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode,event);
}