Re: [android-developers] Re: search hardware button

2011-11-01 Thread Dianne Hackborn
The home button is not something applications ever see. The back button is always required to be available on the device (even if that is done through an on-screen affordance). The search button has always been and is still one of many optional extra keys. The menu key until 3.0 was a required k

[android-developers] Re: search hardware button

2011-10-31 Thread albnok
Interestingly, Android SDK 14/version 4.0 introduced: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewConfiguration.html#hasPermanentMenuKey%28%29 I discovered this with a leaked Google+ 2.0 app that would crash on loading Chord with a Class. However, the Home, Back and Search buttons don