This has been driving me nuts for a while now. Is there any way of reliably detecting if the home button has been pressed in an android application? Failing that, is there a robust way of tellin...

Started emulator from Android Studio and it's Home button not working. When I press Home button, in logcat I can see I/WindowManager: Not starting activity because user setup is in progress: Inte...

I am new to the Android development world and I've built a simple "Hello World" app. First, activity requests a text. When the "Go" button is clicked, the app launches the second activity displayin...

I'm trying to display a Back button on the Action bar to move previous page/activity or to the main page (first opening). And I can not do it. my code. ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar(); actio...

I want to simulate all physical buttons of our Android devices. So is there a way to simulate: BACK BUTTON HOME BUTTON MENU BUTTON SEARCH BUTTON TASK BUTTON VOLUME (+ AND -) BUTTONS

I Am a New Android Developer, I know Handle The Back Button but I Don't Know How To Handle Home Button, when I Clicked Home Button, I Tried a Lot Of Methods, But Not Used, Please Any One Help To Me...

I recently downloaded the ACDisplay lock screen app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achep.acdisplay The application shows an overlay on my device while also at the same time de...

I have a main activity having intent with CATEGORY_HOME to behave like a launcher. It also has CATEGORY_LAUNCHER so that user can access from App Drawer. Here is the main activity: public class Ma...

I know this question is asked many times but I found that none of the solution is working. I tried the code given below... protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); Intent intent = new Inten...

I'm currently working on an Android app. I would like to use the app icon in the action bar to navigate to the "home" activity. I read on this page that all that needs to be done is to add an onOpt...

I have preference screen extended PreferenceActivity. For targeting OS 4.0.3, I wanted to add < icon on action bar so I did this in onCreate(). ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar(); actionBar.s...

I want to prevent user from leaving my app. I am trying to achieve this through home launcher activity/application and I don't understand android's behaviour. Pressing HOME first time always create...

Is it possible to display both home icon and back icon in the toolbar? 1) Is it possible change the order of display of back button icon and home icon. Currently it displays the arrow button first...

I need to disable 3 virtual buttons in any activity in my app. I disabled back button and multitask button somehow but I cannot dsable home button. I tried onAttachedToWindow() style answers on st...

I'm trying to remove the Home button and the Multithread button. The idea is to remove it completely from the running application, better if we can remove it completely from every application on th...

I'd like to lock the screen. I want to disable the home key and only use the back key. How do I accomplish this?

I just created my own "Home" to replace the stock android one or Sense. All is working fine and I get all I want. My only problem is to replace to long press on home key ( that usually show the la...

for some specific requirement I am required to change Android Default Home application with my customized Home application ( a setting inside my app that will toggle default home = my application o...

I know this question has been asked many times and the answer is always "No we cant disable home button". I have a little different query to ask. I wrote simple code in which my activity override...

Ok here's my problem. Whenever I press the HOME button nothing happens. If i'm in an app and press it i'm not sent to the home screen like I should be. However, if the screen is locked and i press...

I've developed and app that is a slide show of pictures which each play a sound when you tap them. It's like a picture book for ages 2-4. The problem is, since android won't let you capture a home...

I am working on my own home launcher replacement and it works fine but one thing bothers me. When I press a home key, current home activity (the one defined in manifest as main/defualt/launcher/hom...

I have a Home replacement Activity from within which you can launch a number of apps. When you tap the Home button, you are returned to my Home replacement Activity. As I understand, tapping the H...

I do know that it is ill advice to take control of the HOME button for users. But I'm developing a android lockdown application for educational purposes. I was browsing the site and came upon this ...

Background: I currently enable the HomeUp button on Activity, thanks to: getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); According to the Documentation, it's related to setHomeButtonEn...