[How To] Make Script Run By Using Hardware Keys

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Ok, so it didn't take long before my little trick was found in my Droid ROM so I guess it's time to explain myself and share it here for the Evo.

I came up with a way to use the hardware keys to make services (a.k.a. scripts) run. It was rumored that these options were already built into Froyo and/or used in Cyanogen Mod, neither being true. This is just one of those ideas I wake up with in my head. After playing with it a few minutes it worked flawlessly.

To add these options to your boot.img add the following lines to your preferred init script inside the ramdisk before compiling.


#shutdown options by pete
service poweroff /system/bin/shutdown
oneshot
disabled
keycodes 107 211

service reboot /system/bin/shutdown -r
oneshot
disabled
keycodes 107 114

service recovery /system/bin/shutdown -rr
oneshot
disabled
keycodes 107 115


Obviously you can make these do different things other than shutdown. You can even choose different keys to make them run (hint: those keycodes are for droid).

As always please be respectful and atleast put idea by Pete or some sort of credit to make me feel happy if you use it.

Originally Posted by BuglessPete

Ok, so it didn't take long before my little trick was found in my Droid ROM so I guess it's time to explain myself and share it here for the Evo.

I came up with a way to use the hardware keys to make services (a.k.a. scripts) run. It was rumored that these options were already built into Froyo and/or used in Cyanogen Mod, neither being true. This is just one of those ideas I wake up with in my head. After playing with it a few minutes it worked flawlessly.

To add these options to your boot.img add the following lines to your preferred init script inside the ramdisk before compiling.


#shutdown options by pete
service poweroff /system/bin/shutdown
disabled
keycodes 107 211

service reboot /system/bin/shutdown -r
disabled
keycodes 107 114

service recovery /system/bin/shutdown -rr
disabled
keycodes 107 115


Obviously you can make these do different things other than shutdown. You can even choose different keys to make them run (hint: those keycodes are for droid).

As always please be respectful and atleast put idea by Pete or some sort of credit to make me feel happy if you use it.

Genius. Expect a donation from me.

Bumping this cause it seems like it would be pretty useful...

Thanks Pete for the tutorial, so I see two keys assigned to a script, so is it a combo press or just a single press?

That is awesome Pete good work and keep it up!!!!!!!

glad i donated to this guy, hes a smart cookie. hopefully, you're close to having enough for an evo!

Donated.

Confirmation number: 036688013H805551B

Applied your 'how to' to an idea of launching any application(or intent) by hardkey press(Custom App Launching). Let me know what you think.