Is there a list of these buttons somewhere? On Dec 2, 9:46 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Only a small set of buttons can be handled in the background via the > broadcasts you found. There is deliberately no facility for applications to > see any arbitrary input when they are not directly interacting with the > user. > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:18 AM, pedramz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am planning to port an application from Symbian to Android and I'm > > looking at the possibilities of the Android platform. > > > My application runs in background and needs to detect when the user > > presses and holds a button (for 3-4 seconds) on the phone even when > > the phones key lock is on. > > > I am in the process of learning Android programming but so far what I > > understand is that if my application runs as a service it would be > > able to receive broadcast such as ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON. Am I looking in > > the right direction? > > > I had a quick look at the list of native android broadcast actions and > > I could only find broadcast actions for Camera, Media and Call > > buttons. What about the other buttons? > > > Thanks, > > > Pedram > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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.
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