It didn't, it is a huge hack where it restarts itself when the user tries to leave it. It's a cute hack for the toddler lock, but far from something any normal application should do. (And seriously, the system -should- detect this and kill an app that is doing it. I would consider the fact that toddler lock can do this to be a bug in the system.)
On Nov 11, 8:33 am, zl25drexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone? > > On Nov 10, 9:53 pm, zl25drexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > so how did the toddlers lock disable the home button? > > > On Nov 10, 9:41 pm, Romain Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not if the app starts on boot. (You can always boot in safe mode but > > > still... it's annoying.) > > > > The Home key is the best way for the user to go back to a familiar > > > place. That's why pressing Home twice, no matter where you are, will > > > always take you back to the center screen on Home's desktop. > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:26 PM, zl25drexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > you only need to restart the phone. > > > > > On Nov 10, 8:51 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> zl25drexel wrote: > > > >> > why is making the screen lock actually lock evil? > > > > >> 1. If the app has a bug, and won't "unlock", the user is hosed > > > > >> 2. If the app is malicious, and won't "unlock", the user is hosed > > > > >> The Google team has tried to minimize any chance of a rogue application > > > >> causing problems, particularly permanent ones. This approach has > > > >> trade-offs; making it difficult to disable the home button is one of > > > >> those. > > > > >> -- > > > >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > > > >> Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, > > > >> 2009http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml > > > > -- > > > Romain Guywww.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
