Headset Button Controller is a small application that turns the button on a wired headset into a remote control for your music player - and much more !
Headset Button Controller v5.8 market.android.com.headsetbutton
Headset Button Controller is very configurable, allowing you to play music, change tracks, adjust volume, answer phone calls, start Voice Command and many other things, just by clicking the button on your headset.
- volume up / down commands also available for the center button
- new option: prevent sleep mode if the headset is plugged in (on some devices headset button presses are ignored when the device is in standby mode)
- announce caller: fix problem of muted phone on some devices
- settings button in widget fixed
- new app icon
Default configuration for single-button headsets (center button for 3-button headsets):
- Single press: play / pause (+ answer call / end call)
- Double press: next track (+ decline call / mute microphone)
- Triple press: previous track
- Quadruple press: previous track (2x)
- Long press: Volume control
- Press and hold: Fast forward [3]
- Double press and hold: Rewind [3]
- Triple press and hold: disabled
- Stop
- Play / pause
- Next track
- Previous track
- Previous track (twice)
- Mute / unmute
- Voice command
- Voice search
- Redial last number
- Say current time (Text-To-Speech required)
- Launch app
- Tasker task [1]
- Volume control [2]
- Rewind [3]
- Fast forward [3]
- If you have the Tasker app installed, you can specify any task - search for 'Tasker' in the Android Market
- While the button is held down, the volume is initially reset to the minimum limit (see below) and then raised until the button is released
- Not every music player app supports rewind / fast forward
Music app selection
You are able to choose which installed music app you want to control with Headset Button Controller.
Volume control features
Headset Button Controller remembers the music volume when the headphone is unplugged and can restore it when the headphone is plugged in again.
- Min volume limit: Start volume level of the 'volume control' command
- Max volume limit: Ensures that the headset music volume never exceeds this limit
- olume control speed: Specify how fast you want the volume to be increased when using the long press option
You are also able to control calls with the headset button:
- answer call / end call on single press (configurable)
- decline call / mute microphone on double press (configurable)
- adjust volume during a call (see volume control)
- announce caller name (Text-To-Speech required)
Headset plug in / out
You can configure an action to be performed when the headset is plugged in / out. By default the music will get stopped if you unplug your headset.
Profiles
You can create different 'configuration profiles' which you can switch between. Add a widget (1x1) to your home screen to easily change your profile. It is also possible to switch profile from the 'Tasker' or 'Locale' app. All settings can be backed up on SD card.
Notes
- Headset Button Controller cannot support the separate volume control buttons on the iPhone headset - this is a limitation of the Android framework.
- Make sure that this app does not get stopped by a task killer (the background process consumes almost no CPU).
Required Android O/S : 2.1+
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