You cannot simulate a press on the Home key.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Wides <erich.weid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I have a requirement to implement an Exit button in my Android
> application. I don't really care about killing the activity stack, I
> just want to have the same effect as pressing the Home button. So that
> application state is saved and can be returned to. I've tried making a
> call to ....
>
> onKeyDown(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HOME, new KeyEvent(0,
> KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HOME));
>
> But this doesn't accomplish anything, the PhoneWindowManager does not
> get the key press...
>
> I assume I need to launch an Intent with the right info, but I haven't
> been able to figure out how that would be done.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this ?
>
> Thanks,
> Erich
>
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