i want to know that in ionic can we change the behavior of the hardware buttons especially power button , iam making an app for emergency situations in which when power button pressed thrice current gps location is stored as well as mic starts recording ? so i was wondering if this type of functionality is possible or not ?
Hi @aditbharadwaj,
I don’t think apps in general have access to remap these buttons, even native apps. So I’d say no, it’s not possible from an app. Unless you create a new system launcher/UI for Android or something like that. On iOS I’m 99.99% sure it won’t be possible without a hack or jailbreaking the device (which you shouldn’t do anyway).
Best,
Rodrigo
if not remap maybe trigger some events like getting current gps or mic starts recording ? when power button pressed thrice ?
is that possible ?
Regards,
Adit
Even if you could get a “power button pressed” event, if the user presses the power button the screen will turn off and your app will be paused, unless you use a native background service.
Honestly, there’s no point in me speculating about this, I have no idea 
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any news about this ?
No. Im assuming Ionic would not support this and is out of their scope. I’d imagine this would be done natively and if the platforms allow it.
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