I have a search area (edittext) and i want to disable the long press action of backspace (delete) button. User must click this button for each characters to delete. How can i do it?
I'm new on it. Can you please edit comment lines? On short press, i want default action; on long press, i want it to do what it does on short press.
@Override
public boolean onKeyDown( int keyCode, KeyEvent event ) {
if( keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL ) {
event.startTracking();
return true;
}
return super.onKeyDown( keyCode, event );
}
@Override
public boolean onKeyUp( int keyCode, KeyEvent event ) {
if( keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL ) {
//Handle what you want on short press.
return true;
}
return super.onKeyUp( keyCode, event );
}
@Override
public boolean onKeyLongPress( int keyCode, KeyEvent event ) {
if( keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL ) {
//Handle what you want in long press.
return true;
}
return super.onKeyLongPress( keyCode, event );
}
Thank you