On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Gowda <thotego...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >
Input handling is handled in libui.so, more specifically in framework/base/libs/libui/EventHub.cpp if I remember correctly. You may be able to modify this file to read such events from other sources. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
