How to make application not closeable by home and back button?

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Is it possible to make Android application, which can be closed only by buttons in a layout of that app and not with back&home HW/SW buttons?

I want to make one-purpose app for myself, I can set all permissions for the app.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '13 at 17:53

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You shouldn't be doing that. That's the whole purpose and concept of the Home button. If you could explain your use-case, may be there are alternate approaches.

answered Apr 02 '13 at 17:53

Kumar Bibek

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It's like a lockscreen - only me would know, how to close it. – Xdg Apr 02 '13 at 19:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '13 at 18:14

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In your current activity you can overide back buttons function using onBackPressed method.

When you press Home button, onPause method will be called (activity goes to paused stage). so you can overide it with your custom codes.

answered Apr 02 '13 at 18:14

Jay Mayu

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '13 at 17:50

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Back button- override onBackPressed and do not call super.onBackPressed. I don't think you can do home, but you can try trapping the keystroke.

answered Apr 02 '13 at 17:50

Gabe Sechan

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How to make application not closeable by home and back button?

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