Simple way of making long tap event work in MapView. MapActivity class

MyMapActivity.java

public class MyMapActivity extends MapActivity
                        implements OnGestureListener {

...

    private GestureDetector gestureDetector;



    @Override
    public void onCreate(...) {
        super.onCreate(...);

        setContentView(R.layout.mymapviewlayout);



        this.gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(this);

        this.gestureDetector.setIsLongpressEnabled(true);



        this.mapView = (MapView)findViewById(R.id.myMapView);

        this.mapView.set....

        ...

        this.mapView.setClickable(true);

        ...

    }


    @Override
    public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {

        int actionType = ev.getAction();
        switch (actionType) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
            //react properly
            break;
        }

        return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(ev);
    }

    ...

    //other methods of the OnGestureListener interface

    public void onLongPress(MotionEvent e) {

        ActivityUtils.showToast(this, "Pushed down", 3000);

    }

    ...

}