[Q] Can an Android ROM be made this way ?

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Greetings,

The one thing I have seen a lot of people complain here is about the hard keys on our phone wearing out. This is one of the major issues and i face the same problem. On Windows Mobile I rarely use the Hard Keys but on Android they are really used a lot. So my question to all you talented developers out there is..Cant a ROM be made specially for our HD2 with a soft key panel built into the screen ? which is available all the time !!

I know there are some third party apps like Buttonsavior...etc...but its not something which is as flexible as the soft keys in other phones....I have attached a screenshot to express what I mean.

isn't that what tablet tweaks from cm7 attempts to do? haven't seen if they work, personally.

Originally Posted by jsmccabe78

isn't that what tablet tweaks from cm7 attempts to do? haven't seen if they work, personally.

havent heard of em..please be kind enough to elaborate on that

also i found this...not sure how this works...someone please explainhttp://www.xda-developers.com/androi...oid-soft-keys/

Try the app zmooth - it is on the Android Market * HERE *. You will never need to use the hardware keys apart form the volume and End/Power key.

Originally Posted by backlashsid

havent heard of em..please be kind enough to elaborate on that

also i found this...not sure how this works...someone please explainhttp://www.xda-developers.com/androi...oid-soft-keys/

check screenshots in 1st post of this thread

Originally Posted by p107r0

check screenshots in 1st post of this thread

thanks

This is something that is a native feature of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. So check the ICS ROMs and see if the ROM developer has turned it off or left it as a option for the user to decide. Also I know this ROM has it as a option.

Yea, as stated above softkeys in themselves are/can be present in all the ics as standard as the feature ics nexus itself doesn't have any hardware buttons (that i recall).

When I first read your question I thought you were enquiring about if the soft button panel could be present regardless of the state i.e when screen is off, which isn't done. In terms of being able to totally disregard the hard buttons there are proximity sensor apps (as well as some sound apps) that can be utilised to wake the device from sleep, I've used proximity screen off which works well, although i can't report as to using it affects battery life.

Originally Posted by p107r0

check screenshots in 1st post of this thread

Originally Posted by T-Macgnolia

This is something that is a native feature of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. So check the ICS ROMs and see if the ROM developer has turned it off or left it as a option for the user to decide. Also I know this ROM has it as a option.

Originally Posted by HypoTurtle

Yea, as stated above softkeys in themselves are/can be present in all the ics as standard as the feature ics nexus itself doesn't have any hardware buttons (that i recall).

When I first read your question I thought you were enquiring about if the soft button panel could be present regardless of the state i.e when screen is off, which isn't done. In terms of being able to totally disregard the hard buttons there are proximity sensor apps (as well as some sound apps) that can be utilised to wake the device from sleep, I've used proximity screen off which works well, although i can't report as to using it affects battery life.

any way other than tablet tweeks ? inbult rom like galaxy nexus has ??

Originally Posted by backlashsid

any way other than tablet tweeks ? inbult rom like galaxy nexus has ??

Check this thread and check out the video below.