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#REMOTE BUTTONS FOR ANDROID#

It made sense for me to assign it to a long press on the back button. AiM Remote Button Interface The remote button interface is used to provide easier access to the buttons on our MX range of dashes (MXL2/MXS/MXP/MXG. Sometimes it might seem that a button isnt working when this isnt the case. For example, the Subtitle/CC button can have 'CC' or a round shape containing four horizontal dots printed on it.

Kill foreground app - this is a nice weapon to have when an app misbehaves, or if I simply want to exit a foreground app and remove it from memory. Depending on the remote model, remote control buttons can have the same function but look completely different.

I chose a double tap on the Home button, it makes sense.

Go to System Settings - instead of always going to the home screen, opening the side panel, and scrolling down to select Settings, you could get to them with a button combo.

#REMOTE BUTTONS FULL#

Open the full Play Store, Google Play Games, or Google Play Movies & TV apps - there's no icon for any of these pre-installed apps in the Google TV launcher, so Button Mapper can let you quickly access them without having to use voice commands or delve into multiple sub-menus.For instance, you can't see the recent apps menu or switch to the previous app, the power menu doesn't do much, and things like turning on the flashlight make no sense.īesides using different combinations to launch your favorite streaming apps, there are also a few cool or useful ideas you can assign to the Chromecast's remote buttons. Keep in mind, though, that since this is the Android TV UI and not a regular Android phone, some of the options will do nothing or will be near useless. Choose the one you want to customize and you can now assign any functionality to it.īutton Mapper supports various kinds of actions, including taking a screenshot, opening settings, launching any installed apps, triggering some screenshots, toggling WiFi and Bluetooth, controlling media playback, and even more advanced adb and script functions. Netflix shows up as BUTTON_3, TV input as TV_INPUT. To do so, select Add Buttons > Add Buttons (again) and press the one you want to add.

#REMOTE BUTTONS FOR ANDROID#

Button Mapper only lists a few buttons by default - the app is made for Android in general, not just Android TV - so we'll have to add any special buttons we want to customize.

Remote buttons