Re: [jira] [Commented] (CB-913) Refactor Key Press Overrides on Android

[Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>]

Hey

So, is there a reason that we shouldn't put this in the next version?
Is this a terrible idea?

Joe

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Joe Bowser (JIRA) <ji...@apache.org> wrote:
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> Joe Bowser commented on CB-913:
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> Yes. There's no rhyme nor reason behind why they're mapped differently. We would either have to maintain a mapping, or let people who want to use these features maintain the mapping.  This is for buttons like PLAY, PAUSE, X, O, Square, Block, etc.
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> Also, one of the Sony Xperia Play keys acts like ALT + BACK, which is different than the regular back button.  I had an Xperia Play fix earlier, but it disappeared. :S
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>> Refactor Key Press Overrides on Android
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>>                 Key: CB-913
>>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-913
>>             Project: Apache Cordova
>>          Issue Type: Improvement
>>          Components: Android
>>    Affects Versions: 1.8.0
>>            Reporter: Joe Bowser
>>            Assignee: Joe Bowser
>>             Fix For: 2.1.0
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>> Currently the Volume Up and Down events are in DroidGap.java.  While this is fine for the general use case, it would be better if there was a utility class that handled these events.  This would also allow us to implement the GamePad API for the Google TV events, because Google in their infinite wisdom chose to re-implement this instead of using the standard keyCodes for Up, Down, Left and Right.
>> This should fix existing bugs on Google TV, as well as make the code neater.  It also addresses CB-417.
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