capturing media button (volume up and down) events in a service

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melamoud

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hi,

is it possible to call my service start method when volume up is pressed ?
I tried register to android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON
but it did not worked.

thanks
 
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melamoud

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melamoud said:
hi,

is it possible to call my service start method when volume up is pressed ?
I tried register to android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON
but it did not worked.

thanks
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the onlything that seems to work (and its a hack) is listening to
android.media.VOLUME_CHANGED_ACTION

anyone know of a better way ?
 
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