You cannot disable the home button via SDK. See http://www.mail-archive.com/android-developers@googlegroups.com/msg52244.html
On Aug 13, 9:19 am, 李实 <lishi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > thank you for help,but you may mistake me. > what I really want to do is to disable the home key,when my activity > is running . > and the code in the xml is my attempt. > when home is pressed,then android probably sent an intent "home". > in my activity,android find it has "HOME" category,so it does > nothing,so the home key is "disabled" . > As i wrote,it works in AVD but not in a SAMSUMG phone. > > I wonder if there is other way to kick the goal. > > 2010/8/12 Mathias Lin <m...@mathiaslin.com> > > > > > > > I do the same on a Samsung Galaxy S with 2.1update1 and 2.2 without a > > problem. The approach you described is correct. > > My intent filter looks similar: > > > <intent-filter> > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/> > > <category > > android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> > > <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME"/ > > > <category > > android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/> > > </intent-filter> > > > When you press the home button first, you should get a dialog where to > > choose the home application to use, which is where the user can > > optionally tick a checkbox to set the selected app as the default home > > screen, so that the dialog won't show again. > > So, this dialog only comes up on the emulator but never appeared on > > your real phone? > > > On Aug 8, 12:47 pm, ʵ <lishi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm working on a slide-unlock program and I want it take the place of > > > Android KeyguardLock. > > > > there is one last thing todo.it's the home key. > > > > I google it and found we cannnot handle it as the other keys with > > > "onkeydown","dispatchkeyevent" method. > > > > so I add this > > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> > > > <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" /> > > > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > > > to activity. > > > > It does works on AVD! > > > I think Android receive "home" intent when home key is pressed ,then > > > it try to find someone to handle the intent.it found two can handle > > > this.And one of the two happens to my program and my program is on.so > > > it send the intent to my program .So,the home key is disabled when my > > > program is running. > > > > But,it does not work on a samsung true phone!! > > > what can I do,is there any other way to make it?? > > > > thanks! > > > Simon Lee > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > execuse me for my poor English -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
