Buttons remapper (no root)

Irishin

- June 21, 2016

Everyone

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Description

Buttons remapper allows setting custom actions for hardware including capacitive (not software) buttons of your Android device.

Features:
- Swap or remap buttons
- Set additional actions for a short or a long press
- Open browser, dialer or camera apps on a hardware button click
- Open any application
- Disable a button completely
- Supported remapping of HOME, BACK, RECENT APPS, CAMERA and VOLUME keys + over 200 other keys
- Support of double/triple click and two buttons combinations in the Premium version (feature is under testing)
- Experimental Alt+Tab feature similar to Android N (in the Premium version)
- Ability to terminate current app (Root only)

ATTENTION! This program WILL NOT work with soft keys.

On some devices hardware buttons are not comfortable to use in case of their unusual arrangement. If your device is one of them try this application and re-assign hardware keys. The app has been tested on Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, S6, S6 Edge and Samsung Tablets.

This application will work only with hardware (including capacitive) buttons.

Root-permissions are not required for the majority of functions. However, some actions (Menu, Search, Block, Terminate app, Change language) require root.

The behavior of remapping is device specific and some of keys may not work on some models. For example, Power button does not work on the majority of devices.

Please, be careful with remapping a HOME button action.

We will be happy to receive any ideas, suggestions and reviews by the email. If something doesn't work we will also be happy to help with setting up.

Reviews

3.9

1,558 total

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S M

An absolutely necessary app! The only issue people WERE having was that the app wouldn't stay active. I emailed the developer and he responded immediately and fixed the issue by adding a permanent notification toggle (needed in Android 6+). By far the best developer I have dealt with and absolutely one of the most essential apps on the market today!

Titan Nyte

Saved my S6 This app single handled saved my S6. The phone use activate the recent apps capacitive touch button autonomously. To the point the phone was almost unusable, extreme patience was required to do anything with it. Two quick remaps later and my phone is back to 100% functional. No root on 6.0.1 - Where's the donate link?! Amazing app! Thank you so much!

Lance Muller

Recently stopped working as well Used to be really good but now it seems to just stop being on sometimes, can't tell if it's because of my phone or the app. But would still recommend it because it worked fine before so it could just be my phone playing up.

Post Tenebras

Does the job as advertised, and WITHOUT ROOT which is nice for yet-unrootable devices. 5 stars if developer can somehow implement a feature to detect the hook for a specific button. (Case at hand, Cat S40 programmable button, couldn't find the proper hook and not practical to go though all the available elements to do it by trial & error.) EDIT: Dev was extremely helpful in helping find the button ID. Thank you!

Taylor Akers

So thankful I found this When my back button stopped working AT&T said they couldn't fix it, having someone try would void any warranties and they wouldn't take it back on trade. The sales person informed me that buying a new one was the only option for "fixing" my S5 Active. After tons of Google searching I found this. It works perfectly. Remapped my Recent Apps button into my back button. After a recent update the App stopped working. After Uninstalling, restarting the phone then re installing it now works perfectly again!

Martin Rienesl

If you select "long press", the checkbox "block system action" gets unselected and greyed out. This makes this app completely useless, because instead of the chosen action, the original one is executed. Fix this and I will give this app a 2nd try

User reviews

S M November 25, 2016

Titan Nyte November 13, 2016

Irishin November 13, 2016

Titan, we are happy that our app was able to help you! :)

Lance Muller August 13, 2016

Irishin August 14, 2016

Lance, write us an email, please. We will try to find out why does it happen

Post Tenebras February 27, 2017

Irishin February 27, 2017

Garfae, please write us an email and we will help you find the needed button id

Taylor Akers August 17, 2016

Martin Rienesl May 6, 2017

Graham Armstrong March 30, 2017

Well designed and simple to use. I was able to use this app to disable long-pressing on the faulty Volume Up button on my HTC One M8; this app has helped save my ear drums from obliteration. Requested feature, I'd like to use the Volume Down button to bring up the Volume menu from the top. Is that possible?

Tomahawk Tarzan August 7, 2016

Love it I simply use the volume down for back button. Works well when browsing on phone one handed and i don't want to get to that bottom corner on the phone. Also use long press volume up for home and double click volume up for recent apps. And my volume up still shows the volume menu. Needs a notifications drop down too. Galaxy s7. It is running 430mb which is heavy but i have 4gb ram so I'm good. EDIT, the ram usage has subsided and the highest it's been is 157mb, and runs around 43mb.

Irishin August 7, 2016

Thank you for 5 stars! The point about 430MB is very important, it should not be like that. Please, write us an email to help us investigate the issue.

Po-chia Chen November 7, 2016

Rescues Xperia Z3 capacitive key problem This app allowed me to remap two keys without an upgrade, which I'm using to regain the back and apps buttons currently (firmware-)broken on some Xperia handsets.

Peter Nguyen April 24, 2017

Fantastic. It really works without root. My home button is hard to press because the otterbox case covers the physical home button with a stiff rubber padding, so I mapped the long press on the "back" key to trigger the home action. It works perfectly without root but more actions are available for root users.

Jordan Clark August 27, 2016

Does what I needed My tablet doesn't have a button for recent apps, I was able to quickly set long pressing the home button to do this. Also, it wouldn't remember my default browser/email app for the keyboard shortcuts, using this app fixed that also.

Izaac Kirscht April 29, 2017

Didn't work for me. Great concept though. I get "unfortunately settings has stopped working" error when I try to grant accessibility permissions. Bummer. Would love to use or even but this app. Running marshmallow 6.0.1 on samsung galaxy SM-G550T1.

Brian Lin March 18, 2017

Double click actions didn't work for me so be weary when purchasing premium feature. You should be able to block system actions on long press. This is especially needed when long pressing volume keys to prevent volume from turning up/down

Irishin March 19, 2017

Brian, thank you for the review and your comments. To block a system long press action just assign to a short press the same action as the system. (Volume+ to Volume+ overriding system, for example). Did double click not work on Volume buttons?

Gary Marks June 24, 2017

Anyone accustomed to using a typical non-Samsung Android phone and then switching to a Samsung phone with the reversed recent/back buttons will find this app a godsend. I certainly do. It works like a charm on my Galaxy Sky with version 6 Android.

Sheikh Mohammad Mohsin January 28, 2017

If there is 10 star option I will give it ten out of ten. This app is so awesome that it solved my problem without rooting my phone. I don't have a recent app button but a menu button I remained that from then It does all the things, after so much of restarting of my phone it doesn't kill it was so awesome. Thanks Devs for developing this kind of great app for free. You are much appreciated.

Jammy Jams November 7, 2016

Need to disable my recent apps button entirely, setting button to "do nothing" doesn't accomplish this (but has partially lessened issues the broken button is causing.) I bought the premium version and quickly realized the paid features wouldn't help me whatsoever. Not useful for my needs, otherwise an ok lil app.

Irishin November 8, 2016

Jammy, please write us an email about a refund and about a problem with "do nothing". Maybe we will be able to help somehow

Talfan Evans May 2, 2017

Premium: Overrides system functionality like annoying google +, allows double clicking and option to hide the app so you can forget that it's even there. Very nice app! Helped me to disable faulty recent apps button.

June 23, 2017

Keeps working on lock screen (the recent apps, the launch app combination). It gets lock back almost immediately, but I still consider it security issue. The ui is a bit counter-intuitive too. Some combinations don't work properly (probably Android issue).

TonyClark April 25, 2017

Great app, however there is a slightly annoying glitch with triggering the recent apps screen through a remapped button. It doesn't show some of the apps that are open until I press home then recent apps again. Bug is gone when I disable the accessibility. problem with long press home button switched to menu button and long press home to home

Patrick Caraan May 20, 2017

Excellent app with two major gripes on my PRIV: 1) App does not differentiate when typing in a text field and activates regardless. 2) Long-press timer at fixed intervals instead of user-defined or slider. Otherwise no issues! UX could be better but does what it says it'll do.

Ezra Young February 21, 2017

I love the app, but playing and pausing music doesn't work all the time, not as reliable as using my pebble or headset media controls. Maybe you could try to emulate how those control media? Also next track and previous track have never worked at all for me, but yeah I'm using it for a bunch of other things that work great.

Andy Kennedy April 26, 2017

FINALLY! Been hunting for this sort of thing for ages. I now have a cheap shutter bluetooth button mapped to Google Assistant using this app and linking through Nova Laucher Activities. THANKS SO MUCH!

Rasean Hyligar December 7, 2016

How have I been living my life without this? Just like the heading says, how have I not found this until now? Even though I am rooted, I removed it test how well this app works and it works flawlessly. Even after restarting the phone, I was able to change my menu button to act like a multitasking button with LITERALLY a couple taps. I absolutely adore this app. 10/5 stars!!!

Praanesh Mahadevan December 2, 2016

Almost Perfect I wanted to swap the functions of Menu and Back buttons since I use a phone with physical buttons. The back button is getting "weaker" over time. While assigning the menu button to perform the back function, it works fine. But when back button is assigned for menu function, it's very Laggy.

J Thomas B January 10, 2017

Does as needed... Can't get xPosed yet so there's no other way to kill the foreground app, here I can use the hardware buttons. I'll just be glad when I can use the navigation bar for these things. Maybe there's a way; I'll just have to do more research. Until then, this is the way to go!

Chris Liphart December 15, 2016

I'm sure most people use this to swap hardware buttons, or fix broken buttons, but I was looking for a way to emulate the double-tap Recents to swap to the last app, like in Nougat, and this perfectly fit the bill. Had to pony up a couple bucks for the premium version, but I have no problem financially supporting devs who do good work. :)

Arian Kolahi Sohrabi August 22, 2016

I Wish It Was Smoother On my S7 edge, I assigned Last App to double pressing the recent key, pretty much how Android N would do it. This app delivers, but the way it does so is not smooth at all. I'll give a better rating once app switching becomes smoother.

Mark Johnrey Bondoc June 22, 2016

Not working Im using Xperia z5 premium marsmallow 6.0.1. Tried assigning the volume keys for skipping music, and it is not working. Upgraded and tried combination(double click) still not working. Please fix it

Irishin June 22, 2016

Mark, please write us an email and we will try to solve the issue. Skipping tracks works only with music players, which uses standard Android stream for it (Google Play Music, Amazon). With other players it may not work. However, if you have Root permissions, it is possible to solve the problem

August 8, 2017

I am writing this review out of pure gratitude my phone (when the earphones were plugged in) kept automatically pressing the back button. this app saved my from having to buy a new phone My only regret is not installing it before I reset my phones

No Access May 2, 2017

Great idea in theory but none of the options work for me. At best I can get it to block the default action. But then the button just does nothing. Sorry, it just doesn't work. (Galaxy Core LTE)

Clare Benyo August 7, 2016

Exactly what I needed! After a long dip in the river, the phone was on the fritz. Slowly getting better after drying out but the recent app button had gone haywire and kept firing repeatedly when not touched. I can't do the root thing. This app is exactly what I needed. Does exactly what I need it to do. This just saved me a new phone. Thank you! (PS. Friends iPhone could not be saved ;)

Strus Pedziwiatr September 4, 2016

this program is doing perfectly the same, that you can do yourself in settings menu... EDIT: ok so, I didn't realise that no every device can do that. Maybe is usefully for others so. Changing to 4stars...

Irishin September 4, 2016

Strus, it depends on the device. You are lucky if you can change functions of hardware buttons, set them to open any app or run Tasker shortcuts on stock firmware. Most devices don't.

Whitneigh Stephens April 3, 2017

I bought the premium version so it would unlock the feature I wanted. But it didn't say until after I shelled out money that I don't have to waste that to use said feature I would need to root my phone. I am very displeased with this app.

July 8, 2017

Great app, it allows me to use long press shortcuts anywhere on my keyone instead of just the home screen. Two problems though, the enable services button turns off by itself sometimes and some shortcuts that open an app with a letter it stays pressed and keeps typing that letter. For example I press the K button to text my friend and it opens the message box and it keeps writing the letter k on the message box until I hit the delete button and stop it.

Gail Anne Cowley February 26, 2017

I SCOURED the internet for solutions to change my soft keys. I was skeptical but it worked perfectly.... I don't know what people have against the recent button on the A series but I loved mine... I lost it when I flashed omega rom. Thank you thank you thank you... My job is done but I will be buying key to support development!!

Elijah Louis December 5, 2016

These guys are the best! I emailed them to ask if they could add a feature to change brightness with the volume buttons, AND THEY DID IT THE SAME DAY I ASKED!!!! These guys are unbelievably dedicated to helping their consumers!

Irishin December 1, 2016

Elijah, thank you for the review! Yes, in the current version brightness setting is not available, however, if you have a Tasker app, you can assign it's shortcut to a button in the Other section (or find any other app with such shortcut and assign it)

James Bray September 26, 2016

Ideal app to help with my volume buttons! My phone is always on silent, so the volume buttons changing the ringer volume was useless for me. I used this app to change my volume buttons so that they modify the media volume instead, which is much more helpful. Recommended!

Temp Cone December 23, 2016

I had some problems... But I found out the problem was caused by a new upgrade. The developer was great and contacted me very quickly! Thank you!

Irishin December 23, 2016

Please, write us an email because we haven't received any complaints on this issue before

James Sonnentag June 26, 2017

It's a great app with one glaring issue. When setting a shortcut on a physical keyboard it repeats whatever key you assigned until you press another key to reset it (when you open a app it will Auto fill the text field with a repeat of whatever letter you assigned to the shortcut). I have emailed the dev with no response, but if they get back to me I'll update the rating to reflect. [Payed version]