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I am looking into getting a second android phone, my current android phone has the Back, Home and Recent Apps buttons in a black bar at the bottom. The new doesn’t as they are all physical buttons.

I am not a huge fan of physical buttons and want to avoid wearing them out if possible, so am looking for a way to get tasker to trigger these functions at my command.

So for example, I have created an overlay which if pressed acts as a button taking me to the home screen.

Under New Tasker > Select Action Category > App > Go Home

But i cant find anyway of emulating the back function. I know it is possible without root because there are other apps on the market which are able to do the function i am after

Unfortunately I cant post links :(

Please see Google App Store; Back Button (No root) Button Savior Non Root Handy Soft Keys

So these apps all provide “Soft keys” for hardware functions. I am looking for tasker to be able to do the back function.

**What I have done

Looked into every function in Tasker but cant find the answer

One thing i did find when going though hours on the net is this

"It looks like you can send a back button via the accessibility service.

might be a good addition for non-root users (GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK):

developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html"

but i wouldn't know how to apply this into tasker.

*Extra Information

Phone Sony Z1 Compact KitKat 4.4 Not Root (I don't wish to root the phone either)

joao2fast4u
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IanN1990
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  • Your question is too broad as it is to get any real help. Please consider showing what you have tried and describing the specific problem that you need help with. – djikay Jun 29 '14 at 00:51
  • I have completely rewritten the question to hopefully make it less broad and easier for others to understand. – IanN1990 Jun 29 '14 at 09:13
  • @IanN1990 here is the complete list of keycodes http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html – S.Krishna Jan 19 '16 at 12:02

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I see a back button option in my tasker. When I start a new task choosing Input--Button--Back. Hope this helps. My phone is rooted, not sure if non-rooted see the same thing.

I stumbled onto your question because I'm looking to toggle the recent apps button, no luck so far.

user3805273
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This will emulate pressing the back button:

Select Action Category > Code > Run Shell

Command: input keyevent 4

For the recent apps button use

input keyevent 187

but this will only work with the "use root" option.

LNC
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