Question

I’m like working on an app that will call home when I press down the volume.

I have a working Dial / Call method. Now I need help figuring out how to get it all encapsulated in a method that will activate when the volume key down is pressed and held.

Any advice would help immensely.

Answer 1

You need to use the onKeyLongPress() method to capture this event, something like this:

@Override
public boolean onKeyLongPress(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN) 
    {
        //Your Code here
        return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyLongPress(keyCode, event);
}

This only captures the Volum down event, and passes everything else on back to it’s normal implentation.