I am looking for some way to possibly lock the soft keys temporarily while in an app. Reason being my son (2 years old) is constantly brushing them and jumping out of the apps he is using, especially in landscape mode. While of course the ultimate solution is teaching him to NOT hit those buttons, he doesn't have the understanding/coordination yet to avoid them.
At least for a while I'd love to find some way we can lock/unlock the softkeys. I cant think of how that can be done because there would also have to be some way to quickly UNlock them...from within an app so we can get back out of it, change apps ect. Then relock them again in some other app.
Any ideas?
Only thing that comes to mind is glazed rom's edge-swipe-to-hide (not just lock) the nav bar.
Might be an easier solution out there. But a cursory search doesn't reveal anything. Nav bars aren't exactly common even in android.
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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 button press and essentially disable it, when parents give the phone to their child to play with unattended (brave parent), the child can inadvertenly exit the app and then make calls or otherwise tweak the phone.
There are two other apps that currently have a psuedo fix for this issue. The apps are Toddler Lock and ToddlePhone. I've tried contacting the developers of these apps for some guidance but they haven't been willing to disclose anything, which if fine, but does anyone here have any suggestions?
It looks like both of those other apps are acting like a home screen replacement app. When you enable the "childproof mode" on those apps the user is prompted to chose and app for the action and the choices are "Launcher, LauncherPro, etc." plus the toddler app. You then have to make the toddler app the default and voila, the phone is "locked" and can only be "unlocked" using a key combination or touching the four corners of the screen, etc. when you "unlock" the phone. your normal home screen app default restored. You don't even have to make the toddler app the default the next time you enable the "childproof mode".
I have read that these two apps have problems with Samsung phones and they can cause an an infinite crash-and-restart-loop that requires a factory reset to fix. Obviously this is not the ideal solution to the problem but it looks like the only one availiable at this point.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to implement a "childproof mode"?
Could it run on top of the lock screen
So Do you mean making the app a lock screen replacement? I suppose that could work.
Do you have a suggestion on how to accomplish that?
OK, the fixed buttons to the right of the screen. 2 things. is there a way to put them on the title bar like on other android tabs? I figure it must just be something I'm missing but I'm not sure. there must be some way. without them being backlit if it's dark I can't seem them obviously. TIA.
Look for Button Savior in the android market, it can be placed anywhere on any edge of the screen
Hey, thanks. not bad but not exactly what I was looking for. I have an older generic crap-tab running 2.2, it has only one hard button and all the buttons are on the status bar at the top let of the screen. I really like that and was hoping to be able to do it here. maybe it's not possible but I can't see why. it's a good place for a few buttons, they are out of the way and such. I am wondering also if there is a way to disable the hard buttons on the A7 because somtimes I accidently activate them "sliding" a bit off the screen.
What you are describing is just a status bar modification. It is unique to that particular device, because it involves heavy modification of the Google framework library.
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Anybody using widgetlocker for a lock screen replacement, I know we know have lockscreen widgets (tho it seems only about 4 to choose from) but what I love being able to set is shortcuts for gmail, phone and messaging right there and have support for unread messages/missed calls with telsa unread.
Anyway the problem I have is that widgetlock doesn't seem to disable the soft keys (like the stock lockscreen does) so basically I can just bypass unlocking. Anybody have a work around, I know this isn't the first device with softkeys so this must have been a problem that as come up before.
NVM, root helper and 'hide navigation keys' got rid of the soft keys, only problem now is it is just so laggy/unresponsive to touch, takes several attempts to unlock. Hopefully this is just a bug with 4.2 devices and they will fix it soon.
I got a problem w/widgetlocker and the multitask softkey. When I go to the lockscreen, it takes a second for the multitask softkey to appear while the back and home keys are lighted automatically. It just happened today..does anyone w/widgetlocker experience that problem? I wonder if there's a way to fix it and it's starting to bother me.
Most of the problems caused is due to the frequent use of the lock unlock button, so I was thinking if we could if at all possible, not use the button!!
->The first thing is that if we could re-map the function of that button to some other button, like to the call button which is useless! We have the kind of remap in the Windows phone roms, something of that kind for the Android roms! Maybe!!
-> OR maybe create a script that runs so as to lock the screen as if the lock button was pressed! the code that actually runs when you press the lock button! a widget can be created to lock the screen and you can unlock it by just pressing any button!! This is just gonna require little programming!
This is just a thought that i came across, and my question to the Devs is that if at all any of this is possible, can we do it?? So as to save our almighty LEO!!
There are tonnes of apps and widgets that can do this already, just use one of those. I'm sure there's even a way to put it in the notification bar so that you have easy access anywhere within the OS.
Nigeldg said:
There are tonnes of apps and widgets that can do this already, just use one of those. I'm sure there's even a way to put it in the notification bar so that you have easy access anywhere within the OS.
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Thanks for the reply.. Why are we waiting to have it in each of our roms then!! We must have it inbuilt in the rom so that all the button based problems are solved!
p.s can you name a few apps/widgets that you said can do the job??
I strongly disagree with that, there's no reason to have it built in into the ROM. I for one would never use it, because it's just so much easier to press the power button. Sure, it dies eventually, but by then most would have moved on to a new device. Having had this phone for two years now, I haven't had any issues with the power/lock button.
As for the apps and widgets, search on Google Play and find them yourself.
Hey everyone. I cracked my precious N4's screen recently right on the bottom, which made just the navigation keys unresponsive. I was wondering if there was an app/mod to have the soft keys moved to the top, or side. I tried searching the forums for a solution but couldn't find anything that would work.
And before anyone says Floating soft keys or any app like that, that's not what I'm looking for. I currently have floating soft keys which works okay, but sometimes the bar disappears, making me reboot. I do not want a 3rd party app from the play store which may malfunction or disable itself somehow. I want a custom rom/root mod that would re-position them entirely. I'm planning on selling the phone to my friend so I want the functionality to be 100%.
Any ideas?
Thanks
PAC Rom has Pie Float controls
Some apps allow you to rotate the UI by 180 Degree you may try any of them.
I use Ultimate Rotation Control, but its my own preference.