hi there.

I have a little problem with context menus.
In my app, a long press on a listview row opens a context menu. but how can the user close it again?
if the back button is pressed, the whole activity closes and we go back by one screen. thats not what I had in mind.
with the on board apps, the back button just closes the menu. should i just catch the back key?

thanks
Bernhard

When you press the back button, it automatically closes the context menu.. no need for capturing the back button..
the below one worked fyn for me..

listView.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(new OnCreateContextMenuListener() {

public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {

menu.setHeaderTitle("Menu");
menu.add(0, 0, 0, "Menu1");
menu.add(0, 1, 1, "Menu2");
menu.add(0, 2, 2, "Menu3");

}
});

public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (<expression>) {
case 0: <some code>
break;
<rest cases>
}
return true;
}

yes I know, thanks.

the problem is, that pressing the back button also closes the activity that spawned the context menu...solution for now: i added a "cancel" option to the context menu...not very elegant

sorry, I've just been stupid...had a "finish()" in my onKeydown listener for the back button...brrrrr.