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

It's a bad idea to change the behavior of the home key. This is why Google doesn't allow you to override the home key. I wouldn't mess with the home key generally speaking. You need to give the user a way to get out of your app if it goes off into the weeds for whatever reason.

I'd image any work around will have unwanted side effects.