Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-31 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Harshad wrote: > But as far as I know, long pressing the menu button triggers an (emulated) > hardware search button. > No it doesn't. In 1.5 long press on menu was used to force the soft keyboard to be displayed, for compatibility with applications written bef

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-31 Thread Harshad
But as far as I know, long pressing the menu button triggers an (emulated) hardware search button. This is based on my experience with Samsung Galaxy 3 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to a

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread John Goche
Thank you all for your replies, Your answers were helpful and made me decide not to rely on the hardware button being there. I will have to go by another approach. Regards, John Goche -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To po

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Yes they do. Samsung Galaxy devices don't have a hw search button either. -- Kostya 29.10.2011 20:56, lbendlin ?: Didn't the latest Sony(/Ericsson) devices come out without the search button? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread lbendlin
yup... http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiaarc?cc=ae&lc=en#view=overview -- 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 unsubscri

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread lbendlin
Didn't the latest Sony(/Ericsson) devices come out without the search button? -- 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 em

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread Latimerius
I asked this question about a month ago - you might want to check this: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/cf312b4dd2fdb440/dd7c156d618e0bdb?lnk=gst&q=how+to+check+if+device+has+hardware+search+key#dd7c156d618e0bdb TL;DR: you can't rely on pretty much anything

Re: [android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread Michael Banzon
My initial response was going to be something like: I can run Android on everything - so don't rely on my fridge having a "Back"-button. After considering it some more: If you are going to publish your app on Android Market you should check the requirements for Android Market. AFAIK it requires th

[android-developers] search hardware button

2011-10-29 Thread John Goche
Hello, I was wondering whether I can rely on an android phone having the search hardware button because I am thinking about hardcoding some specific function to it in my application, but then if it is not avaiable on some smartphone models this would be a problem. Any feedback welcome, John Goch