In every launcher if I long press the home button the Google search opens. Is there a way to open the Google VOICE search when I long press the home button?
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There's an app called "Home Button Launcher" that lets you configure the "Home Button Swipe Up" gesture. In the app's options you can tell the app to directly execute an application or an action - it's called "Auto start mode" if only one single app selected.
I'm still not allowed to post outside links, so I can provide u an url directing to the app in the play store - sorry.
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is it possible to give the search hardware key another function?
for example an app?
or i would love to have the on/off screen rotation function on it.
there is an app in the market that allows this but it is limited. it can only program one app to it, but you can make it any app you want. I have it programmed to the screenshot app, so i can take screenshots anytime i want without having to go back to homescreen.
the app is called "Button Shortcut". Depending on the app you want, there may be specific search shortcut apps in the market. I have one called "Call Button" and this programs the search key to also bring up the dialer to make calls since our nexus does not have a physical button for dial.
yeah that app is cool, but it only replaces the long press function of the search key.
is it also possible to replace the normal click?
souljah2k said:
yeah that app is cool, but it only replaces the long press function of the search key.
is it also possible to replace the normal click?
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Nope because the normal search screen can be handled by the active app.
I think in Cyanogenmod 7 you finally can do that.
l_Estat said:
I think in Cyanogenmod 7 you finally can do that.
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in cm7, Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > Input.
You can set long press to custom application for the home and menu key
In addition, for the "search key" you can set custom app for both short & long key press.
For long press on Search button you can also use " LaunchKey " ... you can set any App you want or ... create a Menu of your favorite apps to lunch .
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For long press on Search button you can also use " LaunchKey " ... you can set any App you want or ... create a Menu of your favorite apps to lunch .
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i've tried this and it works. and if my memory is correct you can change long press and quick press to 2 different functions
Do yourself a favor and get Tasker. Binding the search button to pretty much anything you'd want is just one of about a billion things you can do with it. If you don't want to spend the money, you can try an app called AutomateIt. I haven't used that one as much as Tasker, but it has similar functionality.
Some of my Tasker tasks are:
Automatically turn on WiFi when I'm in my apartment
Turn off bluetooth when I disconnect my headset
Automatically turn on the GPS when I open Google Maps
Automatically start Pandora when I plug headphones in
You basically give it a trigger (app launching, button pressed, incoming call, etc) and a set of actions to perform when that trigger is hit.
Instead of the long press on home screen, is it possible to create a shortcut that does the same thing as this action? Or an app, like better cut, that can?
Not really following that you are trying to ask.
Long press on home screen let you add shortcut to apps and widgets.
or in app tray press and hold app to add to homescreen.
You want an app to do what is already available?
A shortcut that brings up the "Add to home screen" menu, instead of long pressing to access it.
You can also do: Menu > Add
[Q] How to remap long press button & vol up&down buttons: any app or manual mod?
Hi!
I have a Galaxy S and searching for mapping the long press button so to launch a custom app, and the vol up & down so to manage next or perv song in player.
For the first one I have found a home & search button switcher. It is called HomeSmack and its free on the Market. It allows to change the default launcher invoked with the home button (like the famous app Home Switcher for Froyo), but it also attempts to remap the long press that is bind to the recent pop-up.
This last feature would work if I could Clear Defaults to the Android app that invokes the recent pop-up. I realized this because is written in the tutorial of a task switcher called TapIt that I was trying to use. It says that without clearing those defaults it is not able to bind a new app to the long press.
Is there a way to clear those defaults? What android app is involved?
Otherwise how is it possible to remap the long press with another app?
About the vol up & down, I wouldt like to remap them ONLY in a song player, and have back the vol control in regular phone use. Is it possible?
Otherwise is there a third party player that has this functionality?
Thank you.
I want to assign tasker the event button long search, but i can't remove the google now as default action.
How do i assign long press search button to tasker ?
There is no search button
GraphicAdventure said:
I want to assign tasker the event button long search, but i can't remove the google now as default action.
How do i assign long press search button to tasker ?
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I think there is no search button? Only On/Off, volume, menu, home and back. If you mean one of these buttons (except from menu and on off), you can set on cm 10.2 (Maclaw), what happens when you short- or long touch on them.
Slide Launcher has been available for quite a while and fortunately, it's still working on Marshmallow. It allow you to have a custom list of shortcuts to any apps, intents or activities you want and you can access it from anywhere. You can configure your phone to launch Slide Launcher when doing a long press on Home button. This action usually launch Google Now-on-Tap but, in my opinion Google Now-on-Tap is of limited use and with Google Now card, it is quite obtrusive so, I disable it anyway. In order to launch Slide Launcher with a long press on home button, you have to go to Settings/Apps, tap on the Gear icon on top, then you'll see an option called "DefaultApps". Open it and you'll get the option Assist & Voice input. Tap on it and you'll see an option called Assist app, a tap on it will allow to choose which action is desired on a long-press on home button.