Allow trapping the back button so right mouse click can work on some Android systems (thanks Rachel!)

Also, added a function SDL_AndroidBackButton() so applications can respond to the back button directly

android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java

@@ -362,6 +362,43 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
         SDLActivity.initialize();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onBackPressed() {
+        // Check if we want to block the back button in case of mouse right click.
+        //
+        // If we do, the normal hardware back button will no longer work and people have to use home,
+        // but the mouse right click will work.
+        //
+        String trapBack = SDLActivity.nativeGetHint("SDL_ANDROID_TRAP_BACK_BUTTON");
+        if ((trapBack != null) && trapBack.equals("1")) {
+            // Exit and let the mouse handler handle this button (if appropriate)
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Default system back button behavior.
+        super.onBackPressed();
+    }
+
+    // Called by JNI from SDL.
+    public static void manualBackButton() {
+        mSingleton.pressBackButton();
+    }
+
+    // Used to get us onto the activity's main thread
+    public void pressBackButton() {
+        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                SDLActivity.this.superOnBackPressed();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // Used to access the system back behavior.
+    public void superOnBackPressed() {
+        super.onBackPressed();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
 

include/SDL_hints.h

@@ -752,6 +752,23 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define SDL_HINT_ANDROID_SEPARATE_MOUSE_AND_TOUCH "SDL_ANDROID_SEPARATE_MOUSE_AND_TOUCH"
 
+ /**
+ * \brief A variable to control whether we trap the Android back button to handle it manually.
+ *        This is necessary for the right mouse button to work on some Android devices, or
+ *        to be able to trap the back button for use in your code reliably.  If set to true,
+ *        the back button will show up as an SDL_KEYDOWN / SDL_KEYUP pair with a keycode of 
+ *        SDL_SCANCODE_AC_BACK.
+ *
+ * The variable can be set to the following values:
+ *   "0"       - Back button will be handled as usual for system. (default)
+ *   "1"       - Back button will be trapped, allowing you to handle the key press
+ *               manually.  (This will also let right mouse click work on systems 
+ *               where the right mouse button functions as back.)
+ *
+ * The value of this hint is used at runtime, so it can be changed at any time.
+ */
+#define SDL_HINT_ANDROID_TRAP_BACK_BUTTON "SDL_ANDROID_TRAP_BACK_BUTTON"
+
  /**
  * \brief A variable to control whether the return key on the soft keyboard
  *        should hide the soft keyboard on Android and iOS.

include/SDL_system.h

@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_IsChromebook(void);
  */
 extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_IsDeXMode(void);
 
+/**
+ \brief Trigger the Android system back button behavior.
+ */
+extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_AndroidBackButton(void);
+
 /**
    See the official Android developer guide for more information:
    http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html

src/core/android/SDL_android.c

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static jmethodID midGetContext;
 static jmethodID midIsAndroidTV;
 static jmethodID midIsChromebook;
 static jmethodID midIsDeXMode;
+static jmethodID midManualBackButton;
 static jmethodID midInputGetInputDeviceIds;
 static jmethodID midSendMessage;
 static jmethodID midShowTextInput;
@@ -323,6 +324,8 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL SDL_JAVA_INTERFACE(nativeSetupJNI)(JNIEnv* mEnv, jclass c
                                 "isChromebook", "()Z");
     midIsDeXMode = (*mEnv)->GetStaticMethodID(mEnv, mActivityClass,
                                 "isDeXMode", "()Z");
+    midManualBackButton = (*mEnv)->GetStaticMethodID(mEnv, mActivityClass,
+                                "manualBackButton", "()V");
     midInputGetInputDeviceIds = (*mEnv)->GetStaticMethodID(mEnv, mActivityClass,
                                 "inputGetInputDeviceIds", "(I)[I");
     midSendMessage = (*mEnv)->GetStaticMethodID(mEnv, mActivityClass,
@@ -357,7 +360,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL SDL_JAVA_INTERFACE(nativeSetupJNI)(JNIEnv* mEnv, jclass c
        !midClipboardSetText || !midClipboardGetText || !midClipboardHasText ||
        !midOpenAPKExpansionInputStream || !midGetManifestEnvironmentVariables || !midGetDisplayDPI ||
        !midCreateCustomCursor || !midSetCustomCursor || !midSetSystemCursor || !midSupportsRelativeMouse || !midSetRelativeMouseEnabled ||
-       !midIsChromebook || !midIsDeXMode) {
+       !midIsChromebook || !midIsDeXMode || !midManualBackButton) {
         __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "SDL", "Missing some Java callbacks, do you have the latest version of SDLActivity.java?");
     }
 
@@ -2045,6 +2048,12 @@ SDL_bool SDL_IsDeXMode(void)
     return (*env)->CallStaticBooleanMethod(env, mActivityClass, midIsDeXMode);
 }
 
+void SDL_AndroidBackButton(void)
+{
+    JNIEnv *env = Android_JNI_GetEnv();
+    return (*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, mActivityClass, midManualBackButton);
+}
+
 const char * SDL_AndroidGetInternalStoragePath(void)
 {
     static char *s_AndroidInternalFilesPath = NULL;

src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h

@@ -674,3 +674,4 @@
 #define SDL_HasAVX512F SDL_HasAVX512F_REAL
 #define SDL_IsChromebook SDL_IsChromebook_REAL
 #define SDL_IsDeXMode SDL_IsDeXMode_REAL
+#define SDL_AndroidBackButton SDL_AndroidBackButton_REAL

src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h

@@ -716,3 +716,6 @@ SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_bool,SDL_HasAVX512F,(void),(),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_bool,SDL_IsChromebook,(void),(),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_bool,SDL_IsDeXMode,(void),(),return)
 #endif
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(void,SDL_AndroidBackButton,(void),(),return)
+#endif