[CB-11823] Configuration Option "SuppressesLongPressGesture" Breaks iOS Simulator

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.0
• Component/s: cordova-ios
• Labels: bug config.xml configuration ios simulator

Environment

iOS 9.3 Simulator configured to run as an iPhone 6

Cordova CLI 6.2.0

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Reuben Dunn
• Created: 08/Sep/16 05:20
• Updated: 08/Sep/16 05:20

Description

A Cordova app will not properly respond to input in the iOS simulator if the following option is set in config.xml:

<preference name="SuppressesLongPressGesture" value="true" />

Although elements in the web view will still have their clicked CSS states applied, JS events related to clicking do not function. For instance, clicking on a button will not submit it, even though the button's CSS might change. In the system logs, I found this statement repeated several times:

Ignoring a longpress in order to suppress the magnifying glass.

My personal theory is that the simulator counts every click as a longpress and so the config flag suppresses every click, not just the long ones.