Menu key for android keyboard

Question

I'm in the process of creating my own keyboard. I need help finding out the android:codes number for the menu button so I can implement the zoom function. Thank you.

[You mean this one?](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KEYCODE_MENU) I just googled for "android code number menu key" — Mike Cluck, Apr 04 '16 at 22:54
From that it says: Key code constant: Menu key. Constant Value: 82 (0x00000052). However, the constant 82 is not the same when i put it onto android studio. — Ivan T, Apr 04 '16 at 23:00
What do you mean "the constant 82 is not the same when i put it onto android studio"? — Mike Cluck, Apr 04 '16 at 23:03
http://puu.sh/o6lzA/a336780062.png 82 is an uppercase R, so my question is how would i get android studio to recognize 82 and not the ACII number. Also, would it be possible to implement zoom+i in one key? — Ivan T, Apr 04 '16 at 23:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '18 at 13:26

The menu key for Android keyboard is constant value 82 which if you're using the emulator can be triggered using Ctrl + M.

A good way to test this is to override the dispatchKeyEvent() method which is used in any Activity.

@Override
    public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
        Log.d(TAG, "dispatchKeyEvent: " + event.getKeyCode());
        return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
}

Whenever you press Ctrl + M while having that Activity open it'll trigger that dispatchKeyEvent method which will print out: D/YourActivity: dispatchKeyEvent: 82

Menu key for android keyboard

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