Home button disable

android android-homebutton
edyim picture edyim · Jun 28, 2011 · Viewed 17k times · Source

I do know that it is ill advice to take control of the HOME button for users. But I'm developing a android lockdown application for educational purposes. I was browsing the site and came upon this link on disabling the home button.

@override

public void onAttachedToWindow()
{  
       this.getWindow().setType(WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_KEYGUARD);     
       super.onAttachedToWindow();  
}

Currently I'm using the above code to disable my home button, however I do notice that even though I have this in my onCreate

getWindow.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

I am unable to remove my notification bar remove. Please advice.

Answer

Stefan H Singer picture Stefan H Singer · Jun 28, 2011

Just use a different theme for your activity. In your Manifest.xml, set the theme attribute of your activity to android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

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