back button

RedRobo

I am trying to add functionality to enable the physical back button on an Android device to work. The attached image is the only method I've seen but does not seem to work. Has anyone else had any success with this?

gyroscope

Hi @strag I admit I know nothing about Android devices (I stick to apps for iDevices at the moment) but still, my personal intuition tells me that the above is just for a keyboard - custom or otherwise, like on an iDevice - and has nothing to do with any physical back button.

So if that's the case, how to register when the back button is pressed must be something else (although I don't know what)....

Hopefully that's some small help to clarify a route to a solution to your problem.....

RedRobo

@gyroscope Thanks...yes I think it is just for single key presses although I did see a posting saying that you could type 'back' into the keyboard entry dialogue.

Hopefully somebody will have an explanation as you are unable to publish to Tizen without a functioning back button incorporated into your app.

rdlew2008

Only thing the back button does on android is exits the app. There is no way to change it

RedRobo

@rdlew2008 said:
Only thing the back button does on android is exits the app. There is no way to change it

That's a shame as it seems some market places are expecting more intelligent use of the back button for navigation through an app....like the Tizen store.

BBEnk

That actually does work on Tizen it's a requirement.

RedRobo

@BBEnk said:
That actually does work on Tizen it's a requirement.

Sorry...do you mean typing 'back' actually works as highlighted in my first post?

BBEnk

Yes, you have to be able to use the back button on tizen devices so user can back through your scenes and exit out.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

This only works for Tizen not on android.

RedRobo

@The_Gamesalad_Guru said:
This only works for Tizen not on android.

Thanks...that's basically what I wanted to know.