capturing media button (volume up and down) events in a service

[melamoud]

hi,

is it possible to call my service start method when volume up is pressed ?
I tried register to android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON
but it did not worked.

thanks

 

[melamoud]

hi,

is it possible to call my service start method when volume up is pressed ?
I tried register to android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON
but it did not worked.

thanks

the onlything that seems to work (and its a hack) is listening to
android.media.VOLUME_CHANGED_ACTION

anyone know of a better way ?

 

[Erel]

You cannot intercept key presses without an activity. Creating an intent filter and listening to this event seems to be your best option.

Note that this action is not part of the public API.

 

[melamoud]

Thanks . Its working nicely I hope google will not kill this api.

 

[KY Leng]

Thanks . Its working nicely I hope google will not kill this api.

Hi melamoud,

Could you make it work when the phone is OFF (not power off but screen off)

Best regards,