How to create a Context Menu on a MapView?

Question

I would like to have a Context Menu on my MapView and let the user choose between a map or a satellite photo in the background. I have tried to create a Context Menu by following Creating Menus but it doesn't work for me.

The application works but no Context Menu is shown. How can I create a Context Menu on my MapView?

In my onCreate() I have this code:

    MapView mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
    registerForContextMenu(mapView);

And I have overrided some methods:

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo info) {
    super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, info);
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.context_menu, menu);
}

@Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.map_view_item: 
        return true;
    case R.id.satellite_item: 
        return true;
    default: return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
    }
}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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It appears that normal long-click processing does not work well with MapView, perhaps due to the way it handles touch events. There are some workarounds if you really need the functionality.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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