How to disable the home key

Question

I'd like to lock the screen. I want to disable the home key and only use the back key. How do I accomplish this?

Answer 1

Use this method to disable the Home key in android

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

Answer 2

I found a way to tackle the HOME key. For your application set the manifest as

<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />               <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />                  <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />                <category android:name="android.intent.category.MONKEY"/> 

Now your application is an alternate Launcher application.

Use the adb, and disable the launcher application using package manager

pm disable com.android.launcher2 

Now the Home key press will always stay in the same screen.