how long the volume up/down buttons have been pressed

Question

I'm trying to figure out how long the volume up and volume down buttons are pressed, but so far, all I've found is this answer here: Android - Getting volume button long clicks

I can't find anything less abstract than this so I have no idea how to go about implementing it; could someone point me to an example? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event){
    int action = event.getAction();
    if(keyCode==KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP){
            if (action == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
                volUpPressed = System.currentTimeMillis();
            }
            else if (action == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
                totalTimePressed = System.currentTimeMillis() - volUpPressed;
            }
    }
    return true;
    }