GestureDetector Deprecated Issue

Question

I have this code

itemizedOverlay = new MyItemizedOverlay(drawable,this);
itemizedOverlay.setGestureDetector(new GestureDetector(new MyGestureDetecor()));

but new GestureDetector is marked as Deprecated in Eclipse.

I want to avoid the use of deprecated methods.

How could I fix this problem?

What is the non-deprecated form?

Solution 1

Choose one of the other constructors. There are five defined constructors on GestureDetector. Two -- the ones not including a Context as the first parameter -- are marked as deprecated. You are using one of those.

Solution 2

There are just two deprecated constructors. If you add the context to GestureDetector(context, listener) it's not deprecated.

Comments

[ThE uSeFuL]

@CommonsWare what should I pass as context?

[CommonsWare]

@ThEuSeFuL: I would assume that your Activity is handy and a likely candidate.

[ThE uSeFuL]

@CommonsWare I just figured it out and now its working I think. Used getBaseContext()

[TechArcSri]

how do i get context in class gesture detector

[Olaf Dietsche]

@Sridhar There are several ways. Activity inherits from Context, so you can use this inside an Activity, or maybe you can use getApplicationContext(). See also the comments to @CommonsWare's answer.