Thanks for the reply Turner, > the Android system relies on the fact that these button presses are sent as > from the Linux kernel as input event with specific codes.
Is there any way to invoke those input events from the system (as a software button)? if yes, then where should I look for the details in source code. Regards Gowda On May 26, 3:05 pm, David Turner <di...@android.com> wrote: > the Android system relies on the fact that these button presses are sent as > from the Linux kernel > as input event with specific codes. Doing anything reliably with intents is > not supported (and opens > a whole can of worms security wise, so don't expect this to be available). > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Gowda <thotego...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All > > We are porting Android to a device which doesn't have any hardware > > buttons, so it should have software buttons for the equivalent HOME/ > > BACK/MENU hardware buttons functionality. > > I could able to achieve the functionality of the HOME button by > > sending an intent with following details, > > Intent mHomeIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null); > > mHomeIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME); > > mContext.startActivity(mHomeIntent); > > Is this the correct way of implementing it? > > I have no idea of implementing the other two buttons (BACK and MENU) > > functionality. > > Can someone help me on this, probably where to look in the android > > source code? > > Regards > > Gowda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
