How to intercept a hard key pressed in a service?

Question

Is there anyway to intercept that a hard key was pressed by using a service in order to launch an activity?

In other words : Is it possible to handle the KeyEvents i

Answer 1

Yes. You can capture KeyEvents with an InputMethodService. The Hard-Keys have their own key codes, just like the Soft-Keys.

Look at the SoftKeypad example that google made.