In fact I do need to handle key strokes. It would be easier if I could handle home key, so that I could prevent the user from going to home screen. I think it's not a good approach to finish my Activity when it's paused as well. And it would be very boring for the user to go back to the Activity whenever he wanted to press a key and make stuff...
Is there a way to register for receiving key strokes if my application is compiled with the emulator/device image? (should I ask it on android-platform?) Taísa Cristina Costa dos Santos Computer Engineer Brazil, SP 55 19 8152-7453 On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I really hope that this is *not* possible. > A background application that steals key-strokes is not a good idea. > > I won't doubt that your application only has good itentions, but the > idea that i could be downloading a key-stroke sniffer is not very > appealing. I'd rather not have my passwords stolen. > > Taisa, > Can you tell us *what* the functionality/task is that you try to > accomplish (not *how*)? > Maybe you can accomplish the same without the need to receive key- > stroke events. > > > On May 5, 12:53 pm, Taísa Cristina <taisa.san...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't want to handle end call or home keys. I just want to handle > another > > key, such as space bar, while my Activity is in background. > > > > Taísa Cristina Costa dos Santos > > Computer Engineer > > Brazil, SP > > 55 19 8152-7453 > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> > wrote: > > > No, you can't do this. The home and end call keys are trapped by the > > > system before being delivered to the application, and handled by > itself. > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Taísa Cristina <taisa.san...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > >> My application behavior is similar to voice call, but I need also to > > >> handle key events. My application is still running in background and > the > > >> activity is paused. Is there a way to receive key events in such > situation? > > >> When the call screen is paused, it receives "end call" key event. Can > I > > >> receive a specific key event in a similar situation? Is there a way to > > >> register my activity (or my application) for that? > > > > >> Taísa Cristina Costa dos Santos > > >> Computer Engineer > > >> Brazil, SP > > >> 55 19 8152-7453 > > > > >> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:02 AM, ellipsoidmob...@googlemail.com < > > >> ellipsoidmob...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > >>> If what you want is to have a notification that the user can swipe > > >>> down and click to go back to your application, then you don't really > > >>> need to be handling key events whilst your activity is paused. What > > >>> you could do is create a service which displays the notification, and > > >>> then use an intent to launch your activity when the notification is > > >>> clicked. > > > > >>> BUT - I'm not sure that this is good usability design. If the user > has > > >>> navigated away from your activity and if you don't need to do any > > >>> continual background processing, then you probably shouldn't show > > >>> anything in the notification panel. The user can always get back to > > >>> your app from the homescreen or via a long press on the home button. > > > > > -- > > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
