No, you can't do this. The home and end call keys are trapped by the system before being delivered to the application, and handled by itself.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Taísa Cristina <taisa.san...@gmail.com>wrote: > > My application behavior is similar to voice call, but I need also to handle > key events. My application is still running in background and the activity > is paused. Is there a way to receive key events in such situation? When the > call screen is paused, it receives "end call" key event. Can I receive a > specific key event in a similar situation? Is there a way to register my > activity (or my application) for that? > > Taísa Cristina Costa dos Santos > Computer Engineer > Brazil, SP > 55 19 8152-7453 > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:02 AM, ellipsoidmob...@googlemail.com < > ellipsoidmob...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >> If what you want is to have a notification that the user can swipe >> down and click to go back to your application, then you don't really >> need to be handling key events whilst your activity is paused. What >> you could do is create a service which displays the notification, and >> then use an intent to launch your activity when the notification is >> clicked. >> >> BUT - I'm not sure that this is good usability design. If the user has >> navigated away from your activity and if you don't need to do any >> continual background processing, then you probably shouldn't show >> anything in the notification panel. The user can always get back to >> your app from the homescreen or via a long press on the home button. >> >> > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
