How to Remap Remote Control buttons in Android

Sometimes you have a button on your remote control that you don’t use. Whether it is a “Zoom” button, or a Subtitle shortcut, you may just not ever use the function assigned to it…

If you wish you could use that same button for a feature you do use more often, Innerlife is on hand with their Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner application. We should point out we don’t have any sort of association with the author of this application, we just wanted to share the free app with visitors! Although not updated in a long time, it still works and can help bring extra functionality to your controllers.
MKR Result in Google's Play Store Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerMKR Result in Google's Play Store Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

How to install

Open up the Play Store app on your device. If you’ve not done this before, please check https://droix.co.uk/first-run-of-googles-play-store/ for details.

Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Open Play Store

Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Open Play Store

Click on the Search Bar at the top of the screen and enter mkr as your search.

Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Click Search BarMultilanguage Keymap Redefiner Click Search Bar

Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner enter MKR search termMultilanguage Keymap Redefiner enter MKR search term

Click Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Click on the Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner entry.

Click Install Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Install Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Click the Install button.

Click Accept Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Accept Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Click the Accept button

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The application will now download and install automatically

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Once installed you can click the Open button.

Open Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerOpen Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

The first time you open the application, you will need to enable (on Lollipop devices) and then select Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner as your default keyboard.

Click Go To Language And Input Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Go To Language And Input Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

To do so, Click the Go To Language and Input button

Click Current Keyboard Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Current Keyboard Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Click the Current Keyboard entry

Click Choose KeyboardsClick Choose Keyboards

Click Choose Keyboards

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Enable Turn On Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerEnable Turn On Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Turn on the Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner entry

Click OK Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick OK Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Click OK

Showing ENABLED Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Input MethodShowing ENABLED Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Input Method

Go back one screen

Click Current Keyboard Again Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Current Keyboard Again Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Select Current Keyboard again.

Click Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Select Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner.

Showing Selected Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Input MethodShowing Selected Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner Input Method

Go back two screens.

How to remap

Click Add Mapping Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner App OpenClick Add Mapping Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner App Open

Click Add Mapping

Press Remote Button To Remap Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerPress Remote Button To Remap Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Now press the remote control button that you do NOT want to use. This is the button which will be remapped to another function in a moment.

Click 0 Entry Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerClick 0 Entry Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Now click the 0 entry at the top, this will bring down the list of possible functions to assign.

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Showing Configured Multilanguage Keymap RedefinerShowing Configured Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner

Your screen will now look a little different as the new function should be assigned

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Once set, return to another application and make sure the shortcut still works as intended.

If when you reboot the shortcut does not function any more, you will need to set Multilanguage Keymap Redefiner as your default input method again. This time make sure you only use the Return button to exit the screens where you select the default input method.

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My thanks to Berny for the trigger to write this post! If you find that pressing the Home button on your remote control closes an application instead of returning you to the homescreen, you can follow the steps above to set a button on your remote control to initiate a traditional Homescreen request.

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