onKeyDown() for KEYCODE_BACK supressed

[Micke Prag]

Hi,

The patch has been uploaded here:
https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/108332/

-- 
Micke Prag


On Thursday 10 January 2013 at 18:17, BogDan wrote:

> Hi,
> I thought that you just need how to catch back button.
> Please upload the patch to https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/dashboard/ and I'll take a look.
> 
> BogDan.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Thank you for your reply. After reading that thread I still cannot understand why onKeyDown() is suppressed. Is there something that won't work if Qt get both keyDown and keyUp for the back button like any other button?
> > 
> > For instance, the volume keys will be sent to Qt as both onVolumePressed and onVolumeReleased.
> > 
> > I have a patch ready for going upstream but it depends on getting the onKeyDown event for the back button. I am wondering if my patch breaks something by allowing this signal to pass through?
> > 
> > Regards
> > Micke
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Check this thread https://groups.google.com/group/android-qt/browse_thread/thread/a5beee9f561ef763/a3fa2791fbf88c37
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > BogDan.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > Looking through the code for QtActivityDelegate.java I find the following rows in the onKeyDown()-method:
> > > > if (keyCode != KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)
> > > > QtNative.keyDown(keyCode, c, event.getMetaState());
> > > > 
> > > > Source: https://qt.gitorious.org/~taipan/qt/android-lighthouse/blobs/beta2/src/android/jar/src/org/kde/necessitas/industrius/QtActivityDelegate.java#line472
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > So basically the onKeyDown event for the back button is suppressed from the application. What is the reason for this?
> > > > The onKeyUp event is not filtered, only onKeyDown.
> > > > 
> > > > I am working on an implementation to ease up the back button handling, especially for QML-applications and this filters the event I am interested in.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > > Micke
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