Okey so, idk if anyone discovered this yet but i was digging through the cyanogen source in their advance settings and found what toggled the navigation keys in a rom.
Most devs are making flashable zips to enable soft keys... no need to...
In your build.prop, enter the following line...
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
0=enable
1=disable
So really knowing this, devs can enable a toggle in the the power menu or their own toolbox.
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Enabling Navigation Keys... The Easy Way!
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 07:45 PM
Do we know if this disables the harware keys?? Or is there another edit for that. I ran a rom that had softkeys and the hardware keys were still enabled. That seemed weird to me...
Awesome find though...
Awesome find though...
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 07:49 PM
Hardware keys still work as far as i know.
Their may be a toggle for hardware keys as well possibly.
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Their may be a toggle for hardware keys as well possibly.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 09:13 PM
The only way I've ever accomplished this was through XML edits in system UI (iirc). I didn't think it was as easy as a build.prop edit but hey if you're right, thanks for the easy find!
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Posted 06 November 2012 - 11:19 AM
You can try the build prop tweak I always make the zip- only way to change size and I'm not sure if the build prop tweak will open the navigation bar menu in settings
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Posted 06 November 2012 - 12:53 PM
You can try the build prop tweak I always make the zip- only way to change size and I'm not sure if the build prop tweak will open the navigation bar menu in settings
Well yeah your going to need to edit the xml for size and which buttons to appear, however, this line allows users to easily disable and enable the nav bar via a build.prop editor. Gotta make things easier on the folks.
Ofcourse this tweak useless on aokp builds with the nav bar toggle option and tablet ui enabler.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 09:18 AM
Thanks for the tip! Finally saw this and did it. Now all I need to do is make a transparent status bar and make the navbar transparent and I'm ready to go.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:22 PM
So you want something like this ?
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:38 PM
Exactly. I'm on stock. 211 rooted with no custom ROM though.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 01:36 PM
Exactly. I'm on stock. 211 rooted with no custom ROM though.
Do you know how to push files to phone?
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 03:08 PM
Never done it before but know its through adb I believe. Is this not something I can do through root explorer?
Care to explain how
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Care to explain how
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 04:14 PM
I sent you a pm it is a complex pita to get working you need to decompile android jar and system ui
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 04:39 PM
I replied to yours. I would appreciate the information on how to do this.
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:12 PM
I like how it leaves the hard keys still working and they still light up. :-)
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 06:09 AM
I can confirm this works, I booted into recovery and enabled my stock rom, put the build prob edit in, rebooted and they work perfect. Perfect size..
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 10:04 AM
works great on my stock odexed rom build 211
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 09:17 PM
Is there any way to turn off led light for the hardware keys?
Btw, the soft key trick works, thanks!
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Btw, the soft key trick works, thanks!
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:44 PM
One option is an app called AdjBrightness. Can lock off key lights.Is there any way to turn off led light for the hardware keys?
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:53 PM
Ah fancy, thank you, it works
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Posted 19 January 2013 - 09:44 PM
if anyone is interested this also worked on jelly bean
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