Long Press Gesture Detection for ionic/Angular JS based frameworks

Controller.js

// Example functions
$scope.itemOnLongPress = function(id) {
	console.log('Long press');
}

directive.js

    app.directive('onLongPress', function ($timeout) {
        return {
            restrict: 'A',
            link: function ($scope, $elm, $attrs) {
                var startTime, endTime;
                $elm.bind('touchstart', function (evt) {
// Locally scoped variable that will keep track of the long press
                    $scope.longPress = true;
                    startTime = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
// We'll set a timeout for 2000 ms for a long press
                    $timeout(function () {
                        if ($scope.longPress) {
                            endTime = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
                            var difference = Math.floor(endTime - startTime);
                            if (difference > 1 && difference < 4) {
                                $scope.$apply(function () {
                                    $scope.$eval($attrs.onLongPress);
                                });
                            }
                        }
                    }, 2000);
                });

                $elm.bind('touchend', function (evt) {
                    $scope.longPress = false;
// If there is an on-touch-end function attached to this element, apply it
                    if ($attrs.onTouchEnd) {
                        $scope.$apply(function () {
                            $scope.$eval($attrs.onTouchEnd)
                        });
                    }
                });
            }
        };
    })

Sample.html

<div class="someClass"  on-long-press = "itemOnLongPress(someObject)"></div>