custom-navigation-bar

Tested on Android 4.4.2

NOTE THAT Changes in these files tagged with "[ADD]"

Adding Key Buttons

• Add buttons(com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView) into navigation_bar.xml files contained in;
  • res/layout/
  • res/layout-ldrtl/
  • res/layout-sw600dp/
  • res/layout-sw720dp/
• Don't forget to define "systemui::keyCode" value.
• Consider different rotations (FrameLayouts in navigation_bar.xml with id rot90 and rot0)
• Sample: Brightness buttons (kbBrightnessDown, kbBrightnessUp) in navigation_bar.xml

Adding Custom Buttons

• Add buttons into navigation_bar.xml files
• Create a touch listener for the button in PhoneStatusBar.java
• Use action MotionEvent.ACTION_UP in the listener
• Sample: mStandByOnTouchListener in PhoneStatusBar.java

Handling Buttons in Application Level

• Create a touch listener for the button
• Broadcast an special intent
• Then in user-level application, register an intent receiver for this action
• Sample: mStandByOnTouchListener in PhoneStatusBar.java

Hiding/Showing Navigation Bar or Enable/Disable Buttons

• Register a broadcast intent receiver in PhoneStatusBar.java
• Then process received intent data
• Sample: mNavBarReceiver in PhoneStatusBar.java