Contextual ActionBar not showing on ListView with EditTexts

Question

My ListView contains an EditText as part of each row and CAB won't show up when I long press a row.

It does show up if I:

• change the EditText to TextView
• or set focusable="false" in the EditText
• or set descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" in the parent view (a LinearLayout)

It didn't help to:

• set descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants" (or after) in the parent view.

How can I have CAB and a working EditText at the same time?

Answer 1

CAB on long press isn't default behavior.

Have you tried registering the list for the context menu? https://stackoverflow.com/a/17207576/850734