What about "function keys"? Is it possible to tie together a set of
function keys (if they exist) to a service or an activity that is in
the background?

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Taísa Cristina wrote:
>> In fact I do need to handle key strokes.
>
> Find another UI pattern.
>
>> It would be easier if I could
>> handle home key, so that I could prevent the user from going to home
>> screen.
>
> Find another UI pattern. "Prevent the user from going to home screen" is
> fairly evil and is a tactic I would expect to find from malware.
>
>> And it would be very boring for the user to go back to
>> the Activity whenever he wanted to press a key and make stuff...
>
> Find another UI pattern.
>
>> Is there a way to register for receiving key strokes if my application
>> is compiled with the emulator/device image? (should I ask it on
>> android-platform?)
>
> A list on http://source.android.com/discuss is a better place for
> questions about modifying firmware.
>
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