Detect home button press in android

Question

This has been driving me nuts for a while now.

Is there any way of reliably detecting if the home button has been pressed in an android application?

Failing

Answer 1

An option for your application would be to write a replacement Home Screen using the android.intent.category.HOME Intent. I believe this type of Intent you can see the home button.

More details:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html#imatch