Long press in GestureDetector also fires on tap

Question

I tried implementing code from this question: Detecting a long press with Android, but it always detects a long press, if even I just tap it. My code is as follows (I extend

Answer 1

Solution above works (returning true in onDown()). I have also made it work by setting clickable and focusable property of View to true before setting GestureDetector.

val gestureDetectorCompat = GestureDetectorCompat(context, object : GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
        override fun onSingleTapConfirmed(e: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
            // log "Single Tap Confirm"
            return true
        }

        override fun onLongPress(e: MotionEvent?) {
            // log "Long Press"
        }
    })
image_stateful.isClickable = true
image_stateful.isFocusable = true
image_stateful.setOnTouchListener { _, event -> gestureDetectorCompat.onTouchEvent(event) }