Hey
I can't for the life of me get "menu key" functionality on my mate8's navigation bar (or any other place for that matter).
On previous phones it's always been possible to add it through a long press action of for example the recent apps key.
I can't find this setting in the settings.
Is the only way to get a menu key to install xposed and gravitybox or what? Huawei, you're killing me!!!
Thanks for reading and helping!
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I have flashed the Dorimanx's new ROM and seen the soft key at the left top conner.
Link to Dorimanx's new ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166948
How can I accomplish this for other ROMs? An App? or some Setting?
Thanks in advance.
You can try Button Savior, you can find it in the Android Market but you have to be rooted to use it. The app puts a icon on your screen that stays on top of everything. You touch the icon and it opens up more buttons on your screen that will stay for the amount of time you select or permenently if you choose. It gives you a exit button a plus button ( this expands to more buttons being a phone, camera, and search buttons), a menu button, a home button, and a lock screen button. I used it all the time as it really saves wear and tear on your external hardware buttons and it is so easy to use and always available on your screen.
thanks for the quick reply. i ll give it a try
If the "other" rom is based on CM7, you can simply enable a setting in (Settings > CM7 Settings > Tablet Tweeks > Enable Soft Keys & set your own)
Otherwise, follow the post above yours
thats exactly i am looking for
Trying to modify the SystemUI.apk (or Framework-res.apk) with the idea of hiding the Google button from the recent app panel - "status_bar_recent_launch_google_button". (long press Home button > Recent > Google Search button - bottom, middle)
Can anybody point me the right xml file(s) and the right modifications? I've been trying to figure it out for quite some time but what confuses the hack out of me is the fact that both "tw_status_bar_recent_panel.xml" files (in res > layout and layout-land) already have the original status as "android:visibility="gone" - although the Google button is there and very visible. Actually all three buttons originally have the visibility set to "gone", yet they all show???? I must be looking in the wrong place!!
I know the option is available in NottachXposed but this is part of a personal project so I would appreciate answering only in the direction I'm asking, without suggesting alternatives.
Thanks a lot.
im used to having the 3 dot menu key in the action bar of all my apps. anyone know of a way. i tried the 3dot menu mod on xposed and that didn't work.
anyone?
I'm also interested in this.
Gonna get harder and harder, Google is goign away from that and doign the slide out function in alot of it's apps, and system.
right but what i'm trying to do is add the navigation bar and disable the hardware buttons. if i do that there is no way to access menu unless i add that feature. there is a way to do this being that there is a module for it. but it just doesn't work on the n3 i guess.
Hallo, the new Recent Apps button is annoying me. So i tried to rebind the button to menu. This worked. I changed the /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl. (Swapped key 254 (APP_SWITCH) and key 127 (MENU). But I don't know how to rebind the APP-SWITCH key to the hold home key, wich brings me to Google Now. Google Now would be nice on hold MENU, but if I hold the changed button S Finder appears.. I don't need it. So could you tell me, how to bind APP-SWITCH to hold HOME, and Google Now to hold MENU please?
The change I made was inspired by this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337229
Thanks, Colin P
You can use the xposed framwork additions module to remap hardware keys. Or any number of other Play store apps will also endeavor to do so for you.
Or you could directly edit the the /system/usr/keylayout files. As you aren't already doing this though, I can only presume that you aren't familiar with the syntax. In which case, xposed will be your best option.
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I have a question that involves keylayout, since this is a similar thread, I thought I should ask here. I've added on-screen navigation buttons, and want to disable the soft touch keys (I accidentally press them a lot...). I found out through a Note 2 forum that I need to put a # sign in front of keys 158 and 139, but I think it might be different for Galaxy S5. Can someone help me disable the two soft touch keys (back and recent apps keys). Thanks a lot
You should start your own thread, rather than hijack an existing one.
In short, you can either use an app like Xposed to reassign the keys or edit the keylayout files directly. Simply leave the keys in question unassigned. If you find that the keys still light up, that can be disabled in the Settings menu with the touch key duration setting = always off.
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Does anyone have any good recommendations for apps that can limit the number of notification sounds that your phone can create within a certain time-frame? There was a great Xposed module [less frequent notifications] that could do this on a rooted device and I find myself missing that feature a lot on my un-rootable S7 .
Also looking for an app that will let me customize what the home, back, and recent buttons can do.
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Also looking for an app that will let me customize what the home, back, and recent buttons can do.
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Thanks for the suggestion. It has quite a few options, but it looks like it is missing the ability to customize a 'double tap' press on any of the buttons. I wasn't able to find a 'last app' action either. My ideal set-up would be:
Home
single press - home
double press - camera
long press - google Now on tap
Recents
single press - recents
double press - do nothing
long press - google search
Back
single press - back
double press - last app
long press - kill app
edit: realize I can do without the double press and could move the 'last app' action, if available, to the recent apps long press.
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