> my lack of hardware Home, Menu, and Back keys is killing me Even devices that lack a hard keyboard still have those keys, though, right?
Are there any devices that *don't* have hard Home, Menu, Back buttons? -- PJ On Nov 9, 6:34 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > GT wrote: > > Are keyboard-less devices supported? > > More Android devices lack a keyboard than have them. > > > I am developing apps for an Android device that does not have any > > hardware keys except for a power button and I have been running into > > hurdles left and right. Not having a keyboard is not a big problem > > but my lack of hardware Home, Menu, and Back keys is killing me. > > By sending a "Go to home screen" intent I can simulate the Home key > > but I have yet to find a way to have software Back and Menu buttons. > > Worse yet, even if I did get my keys working I don't see how to make > > them always available to the user. There doesn't seem to be a way to > > keep them accessable from the status bar and I haven't found a way of > > creating a floating menu that always stays on top of all other > > activities. > > > I might be able to bring up my menu using the power button but I'm not > > sure it will work. Does anyone have any insight into this? > > Questions of this nature are much better asked on [android-porting]. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 In Print! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
