Overriding Search Long Press

On many Android phones, when a user long presses the Search button, it launches the Google Voice Search intent. How can override this feature across the entire system, not just ove

Solution 1:

Try using "android.intent.action.SEARCH_LONG_PRESS" as your action with the category as "android.intent.category.DEFAULT" under your intent-filters in your AndroidManifest.xml

<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".YourActivityName" android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH_LONG_PRESS" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> 
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

    </application>