How to override the behavior of the volume buttons in an Android application?

Question

I'd like to use the volume buttons for something else in my Android application. The Dolphin browser does this I am told. Anyone know how?

Answer 1

I imagine it looks something like this:

public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)  {     if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN || keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP) {         // Do your thing         return true;    } else {        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);     } } 

Answer 2

in your activity,

 @Override     public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {         int keyCode = event.getKeyCode();         switch (keyCode) {         case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP:         case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN:             return true;         default:             return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);         }     }