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AOKP Milestone 6.2 - Can I remap the App Switcher back to its button?

I'm really enjoying AOKP over HTC's flavor of ICS, but there's one thing that really bothers me, and that's the app switching behavior. I know a lot of people prefer having a dedicated menu key, but I honestly don't care for it. I'd much rather use the on-screen menu buttons and have a dedicated key for app switching. Is there any way to change this behavior to mimic stock ICS, or is this something integral to AOKP and cannot be changed by a menu setting?

In a root explorer go to
system/usr/keylayout
and edit
/system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl
Then change the
249 to APP_SWITCH
Then there is line from Build.Prop that needs to be removed
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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Or you could just hold down the home button which brings up the app switcher and then u have the best of both worlds
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kleeman7 said:
In a root explorer go to
system/usr/keylayout
and edit
/system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl
Then change the
249 to APP_SWITCH
Then there is line from Build.Prop that needs to be removed
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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Editing synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl went fine, but I cannot find qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in /system/build.prop. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Protogon said:
Editing synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl went fine, but I cannot find qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in /system/build.prop. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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Did you reboot? And does the key work properly? Maybe in aosp roms don't need to have that line, it may auto detect and give you a menu key.
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kleeman7 said:
Did you reboot? And does the key work properly? Maybe in aosp roms don't need to have that line, it may auto detect and give you a menu key.
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After I rebooted, the app switch key now brings up an icon-based Recent list, not the ICS task switcher. Also, apps still don't have any in-app menu keys. Going to revert so I can use apps properly again.

Protogon said:
After I rebooted, the app switch key now brings up an icon-based Recent list, not the ICS task switcher. Also, apps still don't have any in-app menu keys. Going to revert so I can use apps properly again.
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Try asking in the rom thread. I thought this might work, sorry it didn't.
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kleeman7 said:
Try asking in the rom thread. I thought this might work, sorry it didn't.
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Unfortunately, it seems that until I've reached a whopping 10 posts, I'm unfit to ask a relevant question in the appropriate development thread. I guess I'll just have to wait till I do hit 10 posts, or just hope that one of the devs sees the thread. Thanks anyhow.

I'm running Aokp milestone on my HTC One X. Is there a way to temporary disable the HTC home menu keys and just use the Galaxy nexus style menu keys?

Cognac_Sipper said:
I'm running Aokp milestone on my HTC One X. Is there a way to temporary disable the HTC home menu keys and just use the Galaxy nexus style menu keys?
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I don't know if there's an option to disable the capacitive keys in Settings, but it's feasible to remap the buttons to nothing in /system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl.

change the function of the right soft key

Need to change the function of the right soft key and open the following files
edited -> CY8C-touchkey.kl and projector-keypad.kl
You make a backup of the original files.
These are at -> / system / usr / keylayout (root required)
CY8C-touchkey.kl
Write behind key 249 MENU VIRTUAL (delete the word APP_SWITCH write the word MENU ).
The same make in this file ->
projector-keypad.kl
Then a reboot and the right soft key opens the menu and not the last used apps.
If you like it, hit thanks

Worked perfectly. Thanks a lot. I searched for this for a long time now! Is there any way to bind the multitasking to the home button (long press)? And do you know a way to remove the three dot menu?

.TanTien said:
Worked perfectly. Thanks a lot. I searched for this for a long time now! Is there any way to bind the multitasking to the home button (long press)? And do you know a way to remove the three dot menu?
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Edit the file: /system/build.prop
Add: qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 to the bottom of the build.prop file
Do a reboot and the three dot menu is gone,The three dot menu button will appear if the app has not coded for a menu button.

Why not use the option in display gestures AMD buttons to change 3rd button function
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septamobile said:
Edit the file: /system/build.prop
Add: qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 to the bottom of the build.prop file
Do a reboot and the three dot menu is gone,The three dot menu button will appear if the app has not coded for a menu button.
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<3 I love you! Only one thing left: Is there a way to map the home button (long press) as multitasking? This would be just awesome if it would work!!!

What explorer to use
Sorry for the NOOB question but what file explorer do you use to make these changes. I have esfile explorer but wont do it. Thanks for the help.

.TanTien said:
<3 I love you! Only one thing left: Is there a way to map the home button (long press) as multitasking? This would be just awesome if it would work!!!
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Anyone who know how to get this work? home buttom long press as multitasking would be great (as it is in AOKP)! :cyclops:

Atm im using Nova launcher but i hope that there will be such thing for Sense too...
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maek_it_happen said:
Why not use the option in display gestures AMD buttons to change 3rd button function
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Best answer so far, thanks

maek_it_happen said:
Why not use the option in display gestures AMD buttons to change 3rd button function
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I don't get it, sorry.

Go to "Settings" -> "Display, Finger(...) and Buttons" -> "Button for last Apps"
Or something like that, i only got the german version and translated my Menu.
There you got the Option to remap the Right Softkey and you can save the effort of this tutorial.

I guess you have 4.0.4 because I can't find that in on my device (I have 4.0.3)

.TanTien said:
I guess you have 4.0.4 because I can't find that in on my device (I have 4.0.3)
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Yup, only available on 4.0.4 roms.

.TanTien said:
I guess you have 4.0.4 because I can't find that in on my device (I have 4.0.3)
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You're right, i've got the 4.0.4 it could be a 4.1 sense function.
Mh ... it's a mess they didn't implement it directly in the first release.

And the bad thing is: I can't update I have a S3 device.

Remapping Menu and home button?

I am trying to remap the menu button to pull up the recent app and long press from menu. Then have long press of the home button pull up Google now. I am able to easily do this with CM, but I want to have this feature and run AOKP.
Did some searching on this. I know you can got to the file in system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl and edit the remapping of the keys. The closest I could get was changing key 139 to "App_switch" but this brings up the old gingerbread app switcher and not the multi task menu.
If someone could lead me in the right direction that would be great.

Good question. I sign looking for a way to program my back button to long press=kill.
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lakedubvt said:
I am trying to remap the menu button to pull up the recent app and long press from menu. Then have long press of the home button pull up Google now. I am able to easily do this with CM, but I want to have this feature and run AOKP.
Did some searching on this. I know you can got to the file in system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl and edit the remapping of the keys. The closest I could get was changing key 139 to "App_switch" but this brings up the old gingerbread app switcher and not the multi task menu.
If someone could lead me in the right direction that would be great.
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long press stuff would be smali code.

Are there any flashable mods out there?
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lakedubvt said:
Are there any flashable mods out there?
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Would you consider changing ROMs? RootzBOX has the options you are seeking. It also has all of the AOKP features as that is its base.

[Beanstalk] Long Press Back - Kill App

I know this ROM used to have an option to enable long press on the back button to kill the current app. I think it used to be under developer options. Anyway, on the latest Beanstalk Build I can't find the option anywhere (I'm probably blind). Could someone point me to it please? I've found other threads with mods to enable this function, but I know it used to be built in to the ROM so I don't want to install a Mod if I don't need to.
Thank you!
PS Scott is awesome!

blastagator said:
I know this ROM used to have an option to enable long press on the back button to kill the current app. I think it used to be under developer options. Anyway, on the latest Beanstalk Build I can't find the option anywhere (I'm probably blind). Could someone point me to it please? I've found other threads with mods to enable this function, but I know it used to be built in to the ROM so I don't want to install a Mod if I don't need to.
Thank you!
PS Scott is awesome!
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Its under hardware keys and set it to custom keys. Setting long press on back button to kill.
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selw0nk said:
Its under hardware keys and set it to custom keys. Setting long press on back button to kill.
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Wonderful! Thank you.
To clarify for anyone else reading: Settings > System > Hardware Keys > Enable Custom Actions
Back key (long press) = Kill app

I use the onscreen buttons and the back to kill app stopped working for me. No idea why.
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Hey thanks for this, have been looking for that option for a while now. Never even noticed it was in that menu all greyed out lol

Thanks, i was also searching for it.
Thanks, i was also searching for it.
selw0nk said:
Its under hardware keys and set it to custom keys. Setting long press on back button to kill.
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It's gone
Sorry guys, the option is not there on 4.4, is it? Any workaround?

[Q] Menu button?

This is just a quick question for those that already have this tablet (still waiting on mine). I'm used to most android devices having a menu button that interacts with the given menu of a specific app. So given that this tablet doesn't have that, how do you pull up and nteract with in app menus now? I tried looking at video reviews and not one mentions anything about this.

Trotsky123 said:
This is just a quick question for those that already have this tablet (still waiting on mine). I'm used to most android devices having a menu button that interacts with the given menu of a specific app. So given that this tablet doesn't have that, how do you pull up and nteract with in app menus now? I tried looking at video reviews and not one mentions anything about this.
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Apps that have a menu will show the three dot menu overflow button.
Take a look at the pic in this article:
http://www.tested.com/tech/android/...u-button-controversy-its-action-overflow-now/

Trotsky123 said:
This is just a quick question for those that already have this tablet (still waiting on mine). I'm used to most android devices having a menu button that interacts with the given menu of a specific app. So given that this tablet doesn't have that, how do you pull up and nteract with in app menus now? I tried looking at video reviews and not one mentions anything about this.
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Long pressing the new multitasking button to the left of the home button will also bring up menus.

Thank you so much for the explanations!

Jayception said:
Long pressing the new multitasking button to the left of the home button will also bring up menus.
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Thank god!!!!!
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Duly.noted said:
Thank god!!!!!
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He said, "You are welcome, my Child"
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