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Using external keyboard with Android mobilephone

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I have an external Bluetooth hard keyboard, Logitech K380 which I can use with a mobile phone to help me get over a hand disability.

Please, can anyone answer this question? There are three soft buttons at the bottom of my phone: a triangle pointing backwards (presumably called a back key), a circle presumably called home key) and a square.

How would I key in each of these three soft buttons on my hard keyboard?

How would I answer a call on my hard keyboard when the green circle appears (that is normally swiped)?
I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".

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  • custardy
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    edited 4 March 2018 at 11:46AM
    I have an external Bluetooth hard keyboard, Logitech K380 which I can use with a mobile phone to help me get over a hand disability.

    Please, can anyone answer this question? There are three soft buttons at the bottom of my phone: a triangle pointing backwards (presumably called a back key), a circle presumably called home key) and a square.

    How would I key in each of these three soft buttons on my hard keyboard?

    How would I answer a call on my hard keyboard when the green circle appears (that is normally swiped)?


    I doubt you can remap them. They are core to the Android OS
    If someoner developed an app for it,then I would epxct it to require a rooted handset.

    Edit: maybe not. not delved too deep

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.irishin.buttonsremapper&hl=en_GB

    edit again. Looks like its only a physical button unfortunatly
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    Thank you, both. The keyboard usefully does appear to recognise Android features, but the apps that I have found to permit the phone to be answered by the home button do not work. Consequently, the phone works well with the keyboard but I still cannot find a way of answering the phone using the keyboard. I think I have to mark this one down as a failure.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
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