so ive been googleling for a couple of pages now and is it really that hard to remap the home button on android? cant seem to find answer.
i want to map the home button to a app for now until i find a more long term solution.
Not possible? Anyone?
xdarkmario said:
Not possible? Anyone?
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xdarkmario said:
so ive been googleling for a couple of pages now and is it really that hard to remap the home button on android? cant seem to find answer.
i want to map the home button to a app for now until i find a more long term solution.
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Well, it's not that hard, there are some apps out there which can remap keys, but as per your wish, it's not actually remapping totally, total remap is easy, but you want to change some of the function of a single key, which is kinda difficult and a lot of editing work
May be there are some apps which do open apps from volume key trigger, I don't know if it have home key trigger also
I don't remember the app name, you can search for it.
Hit thanks if I helped
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Well, it's not that hard, there are some apps out there which can remap keys, but as per your wish, it's not actually remapping totally, total remap is easy, but you want to change some of the function of a single key, which is kinda difficult and a lot of editing work
May be there are some apps which do open apps from volume key trigger, I don't know if it have home key trigger also
I don't remember the app name, you can search for it.
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depending on how hard i dont mind the editing the files.
xdarkmario said:
depending on how hard i dont mind the editing the files.
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Well, sorry for this late reply, but I actually don't know how to do that, I never tried that! And I have no idea about how to do that! I just guess it is possible,
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Currently, the way I change my PPC profile is by pressing the side volume button, and then tapping on vibrate. That will cause the phone to be in silent mode. I believe many of us do the same?
The problem is, I find it a hassle to press on the button and then tap. It's just too many steps. Is there any app than when tapped on, toggles the volume ON/Vibrate?
Or anyone with vb.net experience can help me on creating such an app? thanks!
An app was recently posted on this board to do this. Can't remember the name. Try searching in development and hacking.
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vijay555 said:
An app was recently posted on this board to do this. Can't remember the name. Try searching in development and hacking.
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Is it this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1019893&postcount=1
Yep, think that's the one.
I've written one in the new version of VJVolublis, but it's not released yet.
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That's totally perfect. Thanks Vijay.
The only problem now is.. on my hp6828, theres only 3 mappable buttons.. and I find them all usefull... I needa find ways to add mroe mappable buttons.. I'll just surf on and see what I can find
i was just wondering if there was anyway to change the key combo to unlock the keyboard, maybe a reg edit or some application.
I wish there were. I hate the combination they picked... I always miss that stupid "star" key. I think it could be possible by altering the keymap file, but then it would mess up the star key and move it somewhere else. heh
Hi,
I've been looking for an answer to this question as well, but so far no luck. I had a thread going in regards to this with a couple attempts at work-arounds if you'd like to have a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2099988
Here's to hoping!
OrganicM said:
I wish there were. I hate the combination they picked... I always miss that stupid "star" key. I think it could be possible by altering the keymap file, but then it would mess up the star key and move it somewhere else. heh
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What star key??
the *Z to lock the phone? it works on mine. If thats what your referring to.
kinda curious now... what key would you prefer? they all look the same cept the space bar...
gixxum said:
kinda curious now... what key would you prefer? they all look the same cept the space bar...
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In my personal case, I would like any key other than the current *Z key, as my *Z key barely works anymore making the unlock process extremely tedious
how old is the phone? Maybe it wold be best off to get a replacement from your provider. Just a thought.
Mikey1022 said:
how old is the phone? Maybe it wold be best off to get a replacement from your provider. Just a thought.
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I got mine in October of '07, but it wasn't through my provider (eBay). It worked fine and the malfunction of the *Z key is my fault (puddle ).
I would personally prefer the left softkey (like it is now), followed by a press of the second softkey... or even the spacebar
i was thinking the left softkey followed by the right softkey or maybe the left softkey in combination with the talk key or vice versa
id like the lock on my car door to be on the roof cause im tall...but its not gonna happen
gixxum said:
id like the lock on my car door to be on the roof cause im tall...but its not gonna happen
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u must have a mini...
gixxum said:
id like the lock on my car door to be on the roof cause im tall...but its not gonna happen
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But if there were keyholes everywhere, you'd still wish it.
Well don't say it's not gonna happen.... A developer could easily write a new app to do this. A keyhole in your roof is not impossible to do, it just takes money
OrganicM said:
Well don't say it's not gonna happen.... A developer could easily write a new app to do this.
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They'd have to be just about the coolest developer to ever develop!
*hint hint* *nudge nudge*
yes. any developer who could code this what be greatly appreciated and will please a lot of people.
I got an idea.. let's ask Technology. I mean, if he was able to write his super bluray, megavision, imax, 3d, etc codecs from scratch, this should be a walk in the park for him!
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yes. any developer who could code this what be greatly appreciated and will please a lot of people.
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Take a look to Automatic Keylock by maniac.
1. Disable 'Automatic keylock' option
2. Enable 'Screen saver' option
3. Setup all timeouts...
Now you can unlock your phone by left softkey or home button
That's some great software and I installed it on my phoen in a heartbeat. But how did you get it to unlock using the Home key or ANY other key ? There's nothing like that in the app's settings or in their forums...
I see how it works now. You don't use the phone's keylock routine... you let the screensaver come on and then it's unlockable by using the left softkey (or any key you want) or the home key. There's a problem with that though... It only requires ONE keypress. It would be way too easy for it unlock in my pocket that way. We really need a combination of two keys, that can be customized.
Is it possible to remap the search button so that it hangs-up while you are in a call? I find it extremely frustrating, especially when driving, to have to look at my phone to press the vurtual "hang-up" button on the screen - oh how I miss my Touch HD
I have read about physical key remap here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683902&highlight=remap but there is no indication that what I am looking for is possible.
What would it take to make such a hack? Would it be possible with an app or does it take a custom ROM to do the trick? Does the phone need to be rooted?
Thanx all!
very interested too
Does anyone have an answer on this? Do you think it is impossible?
norad73 said:
Does anyone have an answer on this? Do you think it is impossible?
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Don't be impatient. Just wait for the right person to stumble across this and give you the answer.
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wow i guess i have to look further but i am looking for the same thing for the mytouch4g. if anyone has a fix please pm me! thanks!
With CM you can end or answer calls pressing the trackball, so its possible to remap keys. It's really usefull sometimes when you call anyone by mistake and display turns off while trying to hang up
there is a app in the market called key mapper or something similar that does this and for 64p its not bad.
also you edit the rom de-compile it edit etc = hard work lol
you can definetly remap keys but you need to be rooted otherwise you cannot.
i would like to answer using a hard key.
has any solution been found?
I just found this: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/remap-reassign-your-android-devices-keys-with-buttonremapper/
Will try it out and let you know
Thanks. It works
I think it`s very useful to show other stuff instead of recent apps only. I can adjust brightness and sound volumn on an ipad. any suggested apps for customizing the home key behaviour?
Install a decent launcher like LauncherPro then you can have it open whatever you want.
Not long-press, it's a core OS function.
@theOP: you may not be able to change the function of a long-press like iOS but, unlike iOS, you can change the function of a short-press, so it kinda evens out.
google should have open it to other apps for replacing or adding new stuff, just like the home screen....
Hi,
I dont like opening older posts, but better than post another new one...
So I undestood, that a home long-press is not possible to redirect as another button (e.g. Search) or to execute some bash scripts?
I am still looking for some task switcher on hw button dependend and with posibility to call it from everywhere (all tas managers using search button, which is not present on X10i). Currently I am using PreHome with home doubleclick, but it is not so good as long press could be...
Or - one question - is it possible to redirect long press on Back button? I Know, that on Camera is this possible...
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Hi,
I dont like opening older posts, but better than post another new one...
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I wish more people would.
XperienceD said:
I wish more people would.
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U are also interested in this function?
But not sure if opening thousands of topics like this could tell google to do some changes in coding...
HeliumX10 said:
U are also interested in this function?
But not sure if opening thousands of topics like this could tell google to do some changes in coding...
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I think what XperienceD want to say, he like the idea of opening old threads instead of opening new threads...If everyone did that we would not have 500 thousand "my battery is at 0%" threads.
Hi I`d like to reopen this topis
Tomorow I found, that Cyanogenmod ROM`s are able to do this natively!
Anyone using any of these ROM?
I am trying to find out what is this button menu related to migrate this function
I would like to have one android app open when I press a specific key. Is there a way to do this on fire TV XBMC?
heyredy141 said:
I would like to have one android app open when I press a specific key. Is there a way to do this on fire TV XBMC?
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Out of the box, no. But I think I could add it to my Xposed module. I'll look into it tonight.
That would be awesome. Please let me know.
heyredy141 said:
That would be awesome. Please let me know.
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I just updated my module (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54270469) to include a feature like this.
Thanks a lot. That was super quick.
Can you please let me know the location to place key_bindings.xml once created? Also, would this also work even if I am in XBMC and not Fire TV launcher.
Thanks again for your help with this.
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I just updated my module (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54270469) to include a feature like this.
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heyredy141 said:
Thanks a lot. That was super quick.
Can you please let me know the location to place key_bindings.xml once created? Also, would this also work even if I am in XBMC and not Fire TV launcher.
Thanks again for your help with this.
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/sdcard/
It's a modification to the input layer of Android, so it will work in any app with any launcher.
Thanks. Is it possible to long press home button to open an app? If so what is the key code for long press home button on fire TV remote?
heyredy141 said:
Thanks. Is it possible to long press home button to open an app? If so what is the key code for long press home button on fire TV remote?
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Long press home is set up to launch the Recents dialog. I guess I could modify it to allow you to override it. I'll put out a 1.2 a little later.
Thanks for your support man. This would make life so much easier for me as long press home button is ideal candidate to launch a defined app.
heyredy141 said:
Thanks for your support man. This would make life so much easier for me as long press home button is ideal candidate to launch a defined app.
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OK. I just uploaded 1.2 that allows you to set long press events on keys.
Thanks Man. If you don't think I am bugging you too much can you please post an example for long press home button key mapping.
rbox said:
OK. I just uploaded 1.2 that allows you to set long press events on keys.
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heyredy141 said:
Thanks Man. If you don't think I am bugging you too much can you please post an example for long press home button key mapping.
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I did... The example xml includes a long press and the description after it includes the keycode string for long press home.
You are awesome. I got it working. This is awesome. Thanks a lot. I just wish that the time of long press was a little longer but now I am being picky. Anyways, I really appreciate your help and wouldn't mind buying you a beer if you take donations.
heyredy141 said:
You are awesome. I got it working. This is awesome. Thanks a lot. I just wish that the time of long press was a little longer but now I am being picky. Anyways, I really appreciate your help and wouldn't mind buying you a beer if you take donations.
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Android controls the long press time. I just get a flag saying it was long of short. I used to have a donation link on some of my old stuff. If you want it... https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...=PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHosted
Sent donation on your way. Enjoy the beer on me.
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Android controls the long press time. I just get a flag saying it was long of short. I used to have a donation link on some of my old stuff. If you want it... https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...=PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHosted
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heyredy141 said:
Sent donation on your way. Enjoy the beer on me.
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Thanks a bunch!