Be that as it may, if I tell users of my app that something will happen if they push the search button but something else happens instead, it makes my app look broken on that device that changed the convention for that button.
However, if a manufacturer wants to make another super special button that doesn't have an Android platform convention, great. Or maybe I'm thinking about the search button in the wrong way. Doug On Apr 2, 5:56 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Remapping the search button can't break stuff, because the search button is > not something required by the platform so apps shouldn't rely on it being > there. The only required buttons are home and menu (and I guess the power > button). > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Doug <beafd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 1, 8:59 am, ncerezo <narciso.cer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I fully understand the security issues in capturing all the keystrokes > > > or special keys like home or end call. However, there should be a way > > > to assign an application to a given hardware key or at least to trap > > > some of the hardware keys. > > > No, there shouldn't. This would be a customer service nightmare for > > the carriers. To make matters worse, one carrier actually DOES remap > > the search button to their own stuff, which breaks existing > > applications and causes platform fragmentation. > > > Doug > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > 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. -- 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
