ah... very good - thanks. fyi - for anyone else reading this and wants to know - here's what i did --
@Override public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) { super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo); AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo; // info.position is now the position in the GridView that was selected (zero based index). } Thanks for your help. On Jan 8, 1:25 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: > You get that position as part of the long press callback. > > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM, sdphil <phil.pellouch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so how do I get the position of the item that was long pressed? > > > On Jan 8, 1:20 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: > >> There's no selection in touch mode, that's why you get these results. > > >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:07 PM, sdphil <phil.pellouch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I have googled around and I saw some posts about being in "touch > >> > screen mode" -- I don't fully understand what that means. > > >> > However, I cannot seem to get this call to work - it always returns > >> > -1. > > >> > I am doing a "long press" on an item in a grid view, and I've > >> > registered for the long press for the entire grid. When I receive a > >> > long press, I go ask the grid what the selected item is, and it always > >> > returns -1, even though I can visually see the item selected! > > >> > I tried calling GridView.getSelectedView() (in hopes of calling > >> > GridView.getPositionForView() later), but that returns null. > > >> > any help greatly appreciated. > > >> > tia. > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >> -- > >> Romain Guy > >> Android framework engineer > >> romain...@android.com > > >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > romain...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them
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