Perhaps you might look into the Softkeys application which is used by some systems without hard buttons. I believe this code is in a repository at http://git.hoopajoo.net/
On Mar 10, 6:35 am, bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dianne, thanks for the reply. > > Do you mean that I better not to hide these buttons and let them > always visible? Also, do you mean that I could port these buttons only > on system bar (ex: the status bar) instead of reserving a screen > region to implement them? As I know people choose one way to port > these buttons on the status bar. But if possible, could you give me > any comment about my original idea (even it is not feasible)? Or I can > do it only on the system bar? Is it possible to add another bar for > these buttons? If yes, where is the source code located for me to > refer to? > > Thanks for your time. > > On 3月10日, 下午4時07分, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > You will need to reserve a part of the screen that is only for those buttons > > and always visible. If they can be hidden, navigation in the Android UI is > > broken. See the Android 3.0 system bar as an example of how this should > > work. > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:13 PM, bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > My Android platform does not have any physical button except the power > > > key. > > > I meet a problem on porting the Home / Menu / Back button on > > > touchscreen. > > > > I already searched the keyword to sdudy this issue in this group and > > > found a > > > similar discussion: > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/7... > > > > May I ask it again if there is anyway to achive the goal? Or it can be > > > done only > > > adding these buttons on status bar? > > > > My orignial idea is to add an AppWidget on homescreen and implement > > > these buttons. > > > However, I met some problem at Home button porting (function doesn't > > > work, terminate unusually). > > > For Menu and Back Key, I don't have any idea to implement them. > > > Do you have any insight about it? > > > Even though I can finish the above efforts, how can I control these > > > buttons to > > > let them always display at partial region on screen? > > > > One more thing is sometimes I have to hide these buttons for other > > > purpose. > > > I think I have overcome this part by using API setViewVisibility(xxx, > > > View.INVISIBLE). > > > > Any advice or information is great. Firstly I better to know if my > > > idea can work. > > > > -- > > > unsubscribe: [email protected] > > > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > > > -- > > 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. -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
