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In launcher app override the settings button click that displays android default settings class to your own custom settings class

I am trying to develop a launcher TV app in android Java. I want the launcher app to show my own custom setting class when settings button is clicked from Dpad. for now when i click the settings button from dpad android system settings is triggered and displayed.
I think this can be achieved because in all the launcher of app of Android Television APP when the settings button is clicked from Dpad their custom setting class is opened rather than system settings.
Can anyone help me how can i acheive that ?

Have you tried overriding onKeyDown?
if not. you can start there.
//Handling remote control actions
#Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if(keyCode == KEYCODE_SETTINGS){// from developers page
// your coder here
// and return true if you don't want system settings to be launched
return true;
}
}
But as I found out on my TV. some keys don't invoke KeyEvent. instead (in mine it was the volume keys) broadcast an action. if that is the case, you have to use broadcastReceiver and get the action from there.
for KeyEvents I ended up having a class that implements KeyEvent.Callback{}

Is there any way to track what fragment/s are visible right now?

I work on a very large project. It has a lot of modules and views - activities and fragments. I need to understand what fragment and what activity are running at the moment. Then I need to move to this class of activity and fragment in the project. Is there any way to find the class name? maybe by logs or smth else?

You can use Android Profiler for this. You will also get a lot of details from this tool. Just hover the mouse over the graph, it will show the fragment currently showing.

You can try Layout Inspector, a feature of android studio. When the app is running on a device that is connected to Android Studio, you can click on any item to see the view id, you can use these ids to find out which activity/fragment they belong to (through xml file)

Use UserVisibleHint for that:
boolean isVisible;
#Override
public void setUserVisibleHint(boolean isVisibleToUser) {
super.setUserVisibleHint(isVisibleToUser);
isVisible = isVisibleToUser;
}
When you want to check the visibility of the fragment, simply check it.
if (isVisible) {
//Fragment is visible
} else {
//Fragment is not visible
}

Prevent Android from showing sensible information on multi tasking view

I need to hide the content of my application when it goes to the background so sensitive information are not showing up on the android multitasking view.
It's been suggested to use the following line to hide the screen
getWindow().setFlags(LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE, LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
It works fine.
However, this prevents the user from taking screenshot as well which is not an expected behavior for me. I want to let the user take screenshot of the app if they need to. What I don't want is Android to display the latest screen on the multitasking view.
Would it be possible to set the FLAG_SECURE only when the app goes in the background?

We've ended up with this solution which worked the best for us:
#Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
if (!hasFocus) {
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
} else {
getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
}
}

You can use Activity Lifecycle Callbacks. Just call setVisiblity(View.INVISIBLE) on the views that you want to hide in the onPause() Callback and setVisiblity(View.VISIBLE) in onResume() Callback.

3 dot setting menu for android apps with custom title

in an android app,
if you create a new project,
then automatically the 3 dot settings menu is created on phones where it is needed
and it is handled the same way as it would have in older versions by:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}
if you create a custom title, you have to add the 3 dot menu yourself
how do I know when it is needed? meaning phones that don't have the settings button
also how do i create a context menu that is customized and attached to the 3 dot button
Edit:
after a disscusion with Shobhit Puri, I understood that I was not considering the actionbar, since I am using a minimum API 8, I don't have it,
so there is the option that CommonsWare just supplied to check if the settings menu exists (I still need to check if it exists in API 8)
Shobhit Puri's suggestion was:
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
setContentView(...) ;
ActionBar ab = getActionBar();
ab.setTitle("My Title");
ab.setSubtitle("sub-title") ;
but that of cores requires API 11 or the support library V7
either way I am excepting Shobhit Puri's answer, because of all his help, and I will post my final solution when I know it works
also thanks to CommonsWare for a nice answer
Edit2:
I decided to go with CommonsWare solution for now, I wrote it like this:
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14) {
ViewConfiguration vc = ViewConfiguration.get(this);
if (!vc.hasPermanentMenuKey()) {
setting_dots.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
setting_dots.setOnClickListener(this);
registerForContextMenu(setting_dots);
}
}
ideally I think you should use the actionbar, because it provides you with most of the work, but it has a lot of compatability issues with API 8 which for now I would rather avoid

As #dumazy pointed out that the Action bar's Menu Overflow icon is only shown on those devices which do not have a hardware menu-button.
How do I know when it is needed? meaning phones that don't have the settings button
This is handled by Android itself. You don't need to worry.
how do i create a context menu that is customized and attached to the 3 dot button
You can just have a an xml file inside Menu folder in res. Then you can specify the xml file inside the MenuInflater. Eg:
lets name it list_menu.xml
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/menu_item_1"
android:title="#string/menu_string_1"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
<item android:id="#+id/menu_item_1"
android:title="#string/menu_string_2"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
</menu>
In the onCreateOptionsMenu you can set it as:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater mi = getMenuInflater();
mi.inflate(R.menu.list_menu, menu);
return true;
}
This menu would be attached to the overflow-icon and have the items that you want to show when it is clicked. There are some hacks like this which can show the overflow-icon on all devices but using them is highly discouraged. Let android handle this itself.
You seem to use Title bar. Instead, try to use Action Bar for the same.
Hope this answers your question.

how do I know when it is needed? meaning phones that don't have the settings button
Call hasPermanentMenuKey() on a ViewConfiguration.
also how do i create a context menu that is customized and attached to the 3 dot button
By programming. Since you are not using an action bar, it is impossible to give you specific advice that would be relevant.

Google says Actionbar overflow only appears on phones that have no menu hardware keys. Phones with menu keys display the action overflow when the user presses the key.
If you still want to implement this you may follow this solution.
Click here for your reference.
Just copy this method in your activity and call the method from onCreate method
private void getOverflowMenu() {
try {
ViewConfiguration config = ViewConfiguration.get(this);
Field menuKeyField = ViewConfiguration.class.getDeclaredField("sHasPermanentMenuKey");
if(menuKeyField != null) {
menuKeyField.setAccessible(true);
menuKeyField.setBoolean(config, false);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

Remove Recent Apps Button From Navigation Bar

I am currently developing an app and I would like to have a little more control over it then usual without having to root the device.
I would like to remove the capability of the recent apps button in the navigation bar, or at least make it do something else from the default actions. Is there a way to do this? I'm sure there is since SureLock does the same thing.
Thanks
I have found a workaround for this on this website:http://www.juliencavandoli.com/how-to-disable-recent-apps-dialog-on-long-press-home-button/
you need to add this permission: android.permission.REORDER_TASKS
And add this code:
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus)
{
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
if( !hasFocus)
{
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager)getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
am.moveTaskToFront(getTaskId(), ActivityManager.MOVE_TASK_WITH_HOME );
sendBroadcast( new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS) );
}
}

It is not possible to override the recent apps button.
There is no KeyEvent like there is for the Back Button, and as such this feature is not available.
See documentation here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html

You may not be able to disable a button, but you can disable the app that is associated with it. I don't know how it is done, but I have seen kiosk app (for non-rooted devices) that disallow other apps from loading.