Will corona support long press for button widget in the future? I read in one of the forum that you can use switch to listen for a long press event. How do you implement it? Can you show me a sample code? I’m kinda new to widget 2.0 right now. And I’m planning to make a new project using the new widget that will includes long press event.
Thanks.
Yes…I have the same problem…bro…
Can anyone help us? 
You could make your own timer.
[lua]
local widget = require( “widget” )
local pressTimer
local function handleButtonEvent( event )
local phase = event.phase
if “began” == phase then
pressTimer = os.time()
elseif “ended” == phase then
local timeHeld = os.time() - pressTimer
if timeHeld >= 2 then
print(“Held for 2 sec or longer, do something”)
else
print(“Held short, do something”)
end
end
end
– Create the button
local myButton = widget.newButton
{
left = 100,
top = 200,
width = 150,
height = 50,
label = “Button”,
onEvent = handleButtonEvent,
}
[/lua]
Yes…I have the same problem…bro…
Can anyone help us?
You could make your own timer.
[lua]
local widget = require( “widget” )
local pressTimer
local function handleButtonEvent( event )
local phase = event.phase
if “began” == phase then
pressTimer = os.time()
elseif “ended” == phase then
local timeHeld = os.time() - pressTimer
if timeHeld >= 2 then
print(“Held for 2 sec or longer, do something”)
else
print(“Held short, do something”)
end
end
end
– Create the button
local myButton = widget.newButton
{
left = 100,
top = 200,
width = 150,
height = 50,
label = “Button”,
onEvent = handleButtonEvent,
}
[/lua]
Like this and found well useful. One refinement was I used system.getTimer() as its gives millisecond resolution whereas os.timer() just gives integer seconds.
Like this and found well useful. One refinement was I used system.getTimer() as its gives millisecond resolution whereas os.timer() just gives integer seconds.