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Old January 26th, 2012, 04:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Question Re: ICS Tablet (System Keys)

I have a bit of an odd question that is program related.

Currently I am using the Asus Transformer Prime tablet loaded with ICS 4.0.3 and I have found several games that have a small issue. Because of the touch screen nature of the tablets system keys there is a back button on the bottom left of the screen.

If this happens to be hit in game a level will exit straight away without any prompting from the software.

Now the question is:

Can programmers control these system buttons? At least to the point the game detects the key has been hit and a popup appears asking if you want to exit the level?

The reason I ask is that some developers are saying they have no control over these keys and can do nothing about it!

Which seems odd to me, especially considering I know that Lane Splitter has some form of control in the sense that if the back key gets hit the games goes into pause mode and then a popup appears asking if you wish to exit the level.

So are some developers pulling a fast one or can nothing really be done with these keys?

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Old January 27th, 2012, 12:13 AM   #2 (permalink)
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just posted this link in another thread, but this may help you also:

is there a default back key(on device) listener in android? - Stack Overflow
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Nice one, some great information in there.
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