Java Development

[javec]

Hello,

I was trying to figure out what character the left/right side key has. I would need to intercept that in an application like this:

public boolean keyChar(char key, int status, int time){
    boolean retval = false;
        switch (key)
        {
 
            case Characters.<<<< SideKeyCharacter?? >>>>:
            //Action
            retval = true;
            break;
        }
    return retval;
}

Is it possible to do that?  Characters like A and B... work.

 

[mreed · Accepted solution]

Keypad.KEY_CONVENIENCE_1

Keypad.KEY_CONVENIENCE_2

Available in 4.2.0+

[jhfisher]

thanks for this - in a previous project over a year ago we resorted to creating two helper applications users could assign to the convenience keys that talked to our main app... I was just about to the same thing for a new project so you've saved me from wasting a lot of time

cheers,

jon 

[javec]

I tried this:

            case Keypad.KEY_CONVENIENCE_1:
            Dialog.alert("Convenience 1 clicked");
            retval = true;
            break;

 but it does not work. Did I do something wrong?

 

[mreed]

Those are key constants, not characters. Look at the Keypad method summary for converting between key constants / keycodes / characters.

Message Edited by mreed on 07-18-2008 10:56 AM

[javec]

thanx mreed!

I tried this

Characters c1 = Keypad.map(Keypad.KEY_CONVENIENCE_1);

 but it does not work! Is it correct to use the .map( ) function?

[mreed]

Try Keypad.map(int key, int status). You can use the status modifiers from KeypadListener I believe.