onKeyEvent & Accessibility Service

Question

My users will be using TalkBack enabled or some other Accessible Service. I would like to capture the onKeyEvent events in our App but the event is dispatched to the enabled Accessibility Services. I have created the following basic Accessibility Service.

public class Accessibility_Service extends AccessibilityService {

    private String TAG = Accessibility_Service.class.getSimpleName();

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
        int action = event.getAction();
        int keyCode = event.getKeyCode();
        if (action == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
            if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP) {
                Log.d("Hello", "KeyUp");
            } else if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN) {
                Log.d("Hello", "KeyDown");
            }
            return true;
        } else {
            return super.onKeyEvent(event);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Passes information to AccessibilityServiceInfo.
     */
    @Override
    public void onServiceConnected() {
        Log.v(TAG, "on Service Connected");
        AccessibilityServiceInfo info = new AccessibilityServiceInfo();
        info.packageNames = new String[] { "com.camacc" };
        info.eventTypes = AccessibilityEvent.TYPES_ALL_MASK;
        info.notificationTimeout = 100;
        info.feedbackType = AccessibilityServiceInfo.FEEDBACK_SPOKEN;
        setServiceInfo(info);

    }// end onServiceConnected

    /**
     * Called on an interrupt.
     */
    @Override
    public void onInterrupt() {
        Log.v(TAG, "***** onInterrupt");

    }// end onInterrupt

    @Override
    public void onAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
}// end Accessibility_Service class

When I check the logcat I am getting no response. Is it possible to consume the Volume Down and Up Events prior to TalkBack or other such Accessibility Services?

Thank you.

EDIT:

ADDED THE FOLLOWING FLAG STILL WITH NO LUCK:

info.flags = AccessibilityServiceInfo.FLAG_REQUEST_FILTER_KEY_EVENTS;

Answer 1

Try to configure the Accessibility Service like this in the xml resource, if you need more information look this: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/services.html

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<accessibility-service
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:accessibilityEventTypes="typeContextClicked|typeViewClicked"
android:packageNames="com.example.andres.eventcapture"
android:accessibilityFlags="flagRequestFilterKeyEvents"
android:accessibilityFeedbackType="feedbackAllMask"
android:notificationTimeout="50"
android:canRetrieveWindowContent="true"
android:settingsActivity=""
android:canRequestFilterKeyEvents="true"
/>

It worked good!