Long Press in .NET Maui

Question

How do you handle a long press (long tap) in .NET Maui? I do not see a gesture for this.

Answer 1

There is a proposal to include this in the MAUI Community Toolkit that is expected to be implemented for v1.1 of that toolkit.
See https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/issues/86

Answer 2

Hello,

You could try to find the handler of the MAUI control, and get handler.PlatformView which is a native control. After that, you can invoke native control methods, and subscribe to native control events such as the gesture event, please check Customize .NET MAUI controls with handlers and refer to the following code:

Customize a control with a mapper(my control is imageview, you can replace ImageHandler)

 Microsoft.Maui.Handlers.ImageHandler.Mapper.AppendToMapping("MyCustomization", (handler, view) =>  
        {  
#if WINDOWS  
			handler.PlatformView.Holding += PlatformView_Holding;  
  
#endif  
#if ANDROID  
			handler.PlatformView.LongClick += PlatformView_LongClick;  
  
#endif  
#if IOS  
  
			handler.PlatformView.UserInteractionEnabled = true;  
			handler.PlatformView.AddGestureRecognizer(new UILongPressGestureRecognizer(HandleLongClick));  
#endif  
  
		});  

Long press event under each platform

#if WINDOWS  
    private void PlatformView_Holding(object sender, Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input.HoldingRoutedEventArgs e)  
	{  
        //Touch can produce a Holding action, but mouse devices generally can't.  
        //see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.ui.xaml.uielement.holding?view=winrt-22621  
    }  
#endif  
#if IOS  
    private void HandleLongClick(UILongPressGestureRecognizer sender)  
    {  
		//do something  
    }  
#endif  
#if ANDROID  
	private void PlatformView_LongClick(object sender, Android.Views.View.LongClickEventArgs e)  
	{  
		// do something  
	}  
#endif  

In addition, there is feature request for Xamarin , as jfversluis said "this will probably be in .NET MAUI", you could also create a new one for MAUI at https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/new?assignees=&labels=proposal%2Fopen%2Ct%2Fenhancement&template=feature-request.yml

Best Regards,
Wenyan Zhang

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