How do I force the game to enter background if the back button is pressed?

cocos2d-x C++
#1

I got the back button working for my game by overloading the “keyBackClicked” method and it works fine for all my layers. Now when I get to the main menu of my game I would like to force the game to enter background if the back button is pressed and not terminating the app. I want the back button to behave as if the home button was pressed.
I’ve tried ‘CCDirector::sharedDirector()->end();’ but that would actually terminate the game and I don’t want that.

Any ideas? Thanks :slight_smile:

#2

I have no answer, as I am looking for the same thing.

#3

I’m sorry the engine hasn’t implement this requirement. I think you can implement it by add custom JNI method.

BTW, I don’t think it’s a rational requirement. We can consider it from a user perspective:
If I press back, what I needed is quit the game/app.
When I want to let the game/app enter background, I will press home instead.

Hope it’s helpful!

#4

@zhangbin
At least in Android entering background using the back key is very common.
Gmail, Youtube, WhatsApp… almost all the popular apps allow it.

#5

Has anyone fixed this yet?

#6

Has anyone found the answer to this?