Hi there
Have anyone tried MX player pro with any of Samsung new devices?
The problem lies within the new recent capacitive button that Samsung stupidly decided to do instead of going full on screen buttons. When you play a video and you lock the screen all buttons are locked expect for this button which results on me activating it lots and lots of time and it brings up the recent overlay which covers half of the screen then I have to press it again and again.
Please consider disabling this button when the user chooses to lock the device. Thank you so much.
P.S what's the official MX Player team email?
Hi Coolman4now,
Unfortunately it is not possible to block these button because of Android policy.
Some buttons cannot be blocked by 3rd party app. But Samsung and Google can do it.
This is not pair but it is their policy.
Thanks
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Hi all! I have an xdaiis & its running o2 1.40. I often listen to music whilst out however haven't found a way of listening to media player but not allowing the unit to function by an accidental tap of the screen or a button, and pressing power stops media player too. Is there a way of stopping this?
Thanks
Leo
You could use one of the many software tools available to lock your PDA until you unlock it via a specific combination of keypresses - I had one on my own XDA until I hard reset it - can't remember what it's called right now, but the icon is just a yellow padlock.
listening to music with your device off
Leo,
I accidently found the solution to your problem !!
Start the media player and then press the centre button of the navigation pad to black out the screen. The media player will continue playing songs without the device coming alive by accidental pressing of button or tapping on the screen. To bring it back, press the centre button of the navigation tab again.
Try and see if it works for you.
Anil
XDAIIs
The Action button (centre D-Pad) on my 2i switches between play and pause in my install of Windows Media Player 10, just for the record.
Turn display off
go to wmp settings or options and navigate to buttons.. assign a button for display toggle.. Tat solves u
Thanks for your help guys!
Unfortunately the screen toggle only works with the screen & my buttons are still activated which my krussel case always presses against.
Anyone know of a way of stopping the buttons too? It's crazy that it has been designed this way!
Thank you
Leo
splonker said:
Thanks for your help guys!
Unfortunately the screen toggle only works with the screen & my buttons are still activated which my krussel case always presses against.
Anyone know of a way of stopping the buttons too? It's crazy that it has been designed this way!
Thank you
Leo
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Try DeltaLock. It's very small and simple, and does just what you're looking for.
ramjet73
Thanks!
Problem is solved! Thank you ramjet73, Carty, christopherwoods & phantom1261 for your help! Now i can easily listen to music without being charged because GPRS connects!
Thanks again!
Leo
Dear all, once Child Lock is activated on SGS5, the only specific combination of touchscreens (4 corners clockwise. .) should unlock screen. However the down-left functional button (activation list of recent apps, button located on left side next to hardware button) is not covered by Child Lock protection. Can you please fix this bug? Thanks in advance.
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Dear all, once Child Lock is activated on SGS5, the only specific combination of touchscreens (4 corners clockwise. .) should unlock screen. However the down-left functional button (activation list of recent apps, button located on left side next to hardware button) is not covered by Child Lock protection. Can you please fix this bug? Thanks in advance.
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Same problem here! Left button (recent apps) not locked at all... Tx guys to fix that bug!
I'm having the same issue with home and recent buttons too!
Never use it before, but I could someday!
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Dear all, once Child Lock is activated on SGS5, the only specific combination of touchscreens (4 corners clockwise. .) should unlock screen. However the down-left functional button (activation list of recent apps, button located on left side next to hardware button) is not covered by Child Lock protection. Can you please fix this bug? Thanks in advance.
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esto007 said:
Same problem here! Left button (recent apps) not locked at all... Tx guys to fix that bug!
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josuearisty said:
I'm having the same issue with home and recent buttons too!
Never use it before, but I could someday!
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Some Hardware keys can't be locked by third party apps. It's a restriction. MX Player developer has nothing to do with it.
ktsamy said:
Some Hardware keys can't be locked by third party apps. It's a restriction. MX Player developer has nothing to do with it.
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Thaks a lot for your reply, btw in the case SGS5 the button not covered by child lock is software button (recent apps button, located on left side next to hardware button). Is please possible to fix this bug?
I think lollipop users can use that option lock an app so that no other can be used! Cant remember the name of that feature
josuearisty said:
I think lollipop users can use that option lock an app so that no other can be used! Cant remember the name of that feature
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I think you are talking about Screen Pinning.
Olsi007 said:
Thaks a lot for your reply, btw in the case SGS5 the button not covered by child lock is software button (recent apps button, located on left side next to hardware button). Is please possible to fix this bug?
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I am also a S5 user....? ?
As I said earlier It's not a bug. Third Party apps can't lock some hardware keys.
But, you can try the following work around if you are already updated to lollipop.
Goto Settings >> Security & enable screen pinning.
Open MX Player
Open recent apps by pressing the hardware key. Now you will see a pin button on bottom right corner, just above clear recent items. Tap on pin button. When it asks confirmation select start. Now you have locked all keys & other apps. Only MX Player will be on screen.
Now play any videos & just use MX Player kids lock to lock MX Player. That's all.
Note:
If you want to unpin, just long press recent apps key.
Sent from my SM-G900H
ktsamy said:
Some Hardware keys can't be locked by third party apps. It's a restriction. MX Player developer has nothing to do with it.
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The default video player that comes on the S5 allows you to lock out everything including the recents. Not sure if that's a special cause because it's a built in function, but it'd be neat if it worked all around.
The main reason I started using MX Player was the availability of the Kids Lock plugin. My daughter grew up watching videos on my Samsung Galaxy Tab. Now I have a new Samsung Galaxy S7 and I would like my son to be able to do the same thing. However, the Kids Lock does not lock either the hardware "Home" key or the soft "Recents" key, which are located at the bottom, below the touch screen. It does lock the touch screen and the Back key. But it doesn't take long for tiny fingers to find one of those two buttons and stop the playback. I'm sure there's nothing I can do to fix that, so I would just like to point out this problem and hope that someone can correct it.
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The main reason I started using MX Player was the availability of the Kids Lock plugin. My daughter grew up watching videos on my Samsung Galaxy Tab. Now I have a new Samsung Galaxy S7 and I would like my son to be able to do the same thing. However, the Kids Lock does not lock either the hardware "Home" key or the soft "Recents" key, which are located at the bottom, below the touch screen. It does lock the touch screen and the Back key. But it doesn't take long for tiny fingers to find one of those two buttons and stop the playback. I'm sure there's nothing I can do to fix that, so I would just like to point out this problem and hope that someone can correct it.
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There is no official way of locking down the screen while showing the contents. MX Player uses some tricks to block user inputs. Unfortunately some hardware keys (Recent button, Power Button) can't be blocked by third party apps.
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Hi guys,
so (as a musician :angel I noticed instantly that when you are listening to music and tap that home button or recent button the music gets interrupted slightly, just for a split second but enough to be really annoying (amazing speaker on this phone btw, wasn't expecting that). It is most apparent when music is playing and you press the recent button repeatedly.
Anyway, I tried to find a solution and found out that it's caused by the "now on tap" feature. I guess as soon as you hit that homebutton it starts scanning the screen or something.
Solution: You have to change the default setting for "Assistance & voice input" which you can find under Settings/Apps/Advanced/Default app settings. I use screen off and lock for this action but maybe it's enough if you just disable the "use text/screenshot from screen toggles here.
cheers
I tried your fix, but without luck. Whenever pressing the home button I get a stutter in the music. Did you do anything else besides what you described?
Hm well I completely disabled now on tap? Maybe that?
No luck
Well... some luck....
I'm on Google Now and whenever i'm on the home screen pressing the home button, dragging down notification or using the previous app menu i get a stutter in the playback. But when using the Huawei launcher music works flawlessly. So it seems to be Google Now Launcher related.
So it's partly the launchers fault. I see. It works with Nova launcher though since that's what I'm using and since I disabled the home button now on tap feature I don't have any issues with playback.
I have tested the following problem on several Samsung galaxy phones including J7, J5, A7 2016 edition all running marshmallow 6.0.1. In all of them the following problem persists:
While watching video with screen lock turned on, touching the back button doesn't do anything which is fine as it is not supposed to respond while in locked mode. But the other two buttons which are home button and the right side button for open apps will respond even on screen lock mode. pressing them in locked mode will unlock the locked mode in mx player. touching the recent apps button will open recent apps even in locked mode and pressing the home button in locked mode goes to home. it is in an annoying bug as in locked mode no key should respond. Does anyone else have the same problem? i tested in lollipop and it is fine there. the problem only exists in marshmallow - at least on the above model phones.
Basically the problem is the lock mode doesn't work for home button and left soft key while it works for right soft key which is back key. Any solutions guys, or anyone working on bug fix.? Please respond.
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I have tested the following problem on several Samsung galaxy phones including J7, J5, A7 2016 edition all running marshmallow 6.0.1. In all of them the following problem persists:
While watching video with screen lock turned on, touching the back button doesn't do anything which is fine as it is not supposed to respond while in locked mode. But the other two buttons which are home button and the right side button for open apps will respond even on screen lock mode. pressing them in locked mode will unlock the locked mode in mx player. touching the recent apps button will open recent apps even in locked mode and pressing the home button in locked mode goes to home. it is in an annoying bug as in locked mode no key should respond. Does anyone else have the same problem? i tested in lollipop and it is fine there. the problem only exists in marshmallow - at least on the above model phones.
Basically the problem is the lock mode doesn't work for home button and left soft key while it works for right soft key which is back key. Any solutions guys, or anyone working on bug fix.? Please respond.
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Yes same problem have tried all lock mode
cosmos4all said:
I have tested the following problem on several Samsung galaxy phones including J7, J5, A7 2016 edition all running marshmallow 6.0.1. In all of them the following problem persists:
While watching video with screen lock turned on, touching the back button doesn't do anything which is fine as it is not supposed to respond while in locked mode. But the other two buttons which are home button and the right side button for open apps will respond even on screen lock mode. pressing them in locked mode will unlock the locked mode in mx player. touching the recent apps button will open recent apps even in locked mode and pressing the home button in locked mode goes to home. it is in an annoying bug as in locked mode no key should respond. Does anyone else have the same problem? i tested in lollipop and it is fine there. the problem only exists in marshmallow - at least on the above model phones.
Basically the problem is the lock mode doesn't work for home button and left soft key while it works for right soft key which is back key. Any solutions guys, or anyone working on bug fix.? Please respond.
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dhruvdave said:
Yes same problem have tried all lock mode
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It's not a bug actually. Android doesn't allow to lock everything until or unless device administrator permission is granted. As far as I know, it will be dangerous when MX keeps on crash. There won't be a way to unlock the device.
In MX Player, it's using android loopholes to lock the device & inputs. But, third party application can't lock all hardware keys.In recent android versions, google has restricted furthermore. So, it will also affect the efficiency of the locking. I have already discussed with the MX Player developer. But, it's less likely to be fixed since it's an android restriction.
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It's not a bug actually. Android doesn't allow to lock everything until or unless device administrator permission is granted. As far as I know, it will be dangerous when MX keeps on crash. There won't be a way to unlock the device.
In MX Player, it's using android loopholes to lock the device & inputs. But, third party application can't lock all hardware keys.In recent android versions, google has restricted furthermore. So, it will also affect the efficiency of the locking. I have already discussed with the MX Player developer. But, it's less likely to be fixed since it's an android restriction.
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Thanks I understand
Good to know...
Too bad there will probably be no fix as it is android restriction. many thanks to ktsamy for prompt reply. the problem is specifically annoying with kids around. I still hope there is some way out...!
QUOTE=ktsamy;67880658]It's not a bug actually. Android doesn't allow to lock everything until or unless device administrator permission is granted. As far as I know, it will be dangerous when MX keeps on crash. There won't be a way to unlock the device.
In MX Player, it's using android loopholes to lock the device & inputs. But, third party application can't lock all hardware keys.In recent android versions, google has restricted furthermore. So, it will also affect the efficiency of the locking. I have already discussed with the MX Player developer. But, it's less likely to be fixed since it's an android restriction.
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