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Android Apps > Music & Audio > Headset Button Controller
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Headset Button Controller

by Christoph Kober · Music & Audio · $2.99
No longer on Google Play

Headset Button Controller is made and published by Christoph Kober. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with Christoph Kober. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to Christoph Kober and are shown as published on Google Play.

AppBrain's verdict

Removed
Rating on Google Play
4.16
1,907 ratings
Installs
22 thousand
Last updated
March 11, 2018
Ads
Contains ads
Size
400.8 KB

Headset Button Controller is no longer on Google Play. It was there for 7 years, until February 2019. It had 22 thousand installs. Users rated it well: 4.2 stars from 1,907 ratings.

User feedback

Ratings and reviews on Google Play

Comments on Headset Button Controller for Android

★★★★★ Great app!!!, solved my problem of volume control, however since long press key is reserved for Google, can you increase the multiple clicks from 4X to at least 6X.
★★★★★ Works on Note 8 with a cheap 'Klick Quick' button knockoff. Just activate 'Pressy' mode and select the action of your choice from a variety of different button presses. Tried several other apps. This is the first one I've got to work with the button.
★★☆☆☆ Does not work with my Bluetooth headphones and that's a killer. Works as described with a wired headset but needs Bluetooth support!!
★★☆☆☆ Works again with Oreo, kind of. Need to do some testing to work things out, but Pocketcasts and Spotify are fighting. Have only one open, click pause the other starts playing. Also it keeps opening directories. It's possibly due to "Target music app" setting not working on the Pixel. I can't set it to current music app.
★★☆☆☆ Tried to use this app to map the centre button double-click and triple-click to skip forward skip back in Audible and Podcast Addict neither action works. With regards to these two apps, play and pause work ok, but that's part of Android anyway. Refunded.

Google Play Rating history and histogram

The year before it was removed from Google Play, up to February 2019

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Store listing

By Christoph Kober, from Google Play
This app is currently not available on Google Play.

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“Turn the button on a wired headset into a remote control for your music player !”

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Description by Christoph Kober Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
Turn the button on a wired headset into a remote control for your music player - and much more!

Headset Button Controller is very configurable, allowing you to play music, change tracks, adjust volume, answer phone calls, start Voice Command and many other things, just by clicking the button on your headset.

Headset Button Controller is shipped with a powerful default configuration, but you can change almost every action performed. Once you have configured it with your preferences, it runs in the background using almost no CPU. It has been tested with a wide variety of different Android devices and music apps and works with both single-button headsets, and Android-specific 3-button headsets.


Default configuration for single-button headsets (center button for 3-button headsets):
* Single press: play / pause (+ answer call / end call)
* Double press: next track (+ decline call / mute microphone)
* Triple press: previous track
* Quadruple press: previous track (2x)
* Long press: Volume control [2]
* Press and hold: Fast forward [3]
* Double press and hold: Rewind [3]
* Triple press and hold: disabled

All of the above options are configurable to any of the following:
* Stop
* Play / pause
* Next track
* Previous track
* Previous track (2x)
* Mute / unmute
* Voice command
* Voice search
* Redial last number
* Say current time (Text-To-Speech required)
* Launch app
* Launch shortcut
* Tasker task [1]
* Switch profile

Additionally the long press options are configurable to any of the following:
* Volume control [2]
* Rewind [3]
* Fast forward [3]

[1] Requires the app 'Tasker'
[2] While the button is held down, the volume is initially reset to the minimum limit (see below) and then raised until the button is released
[3] Not every music player app supports rewind / fast forward

With a 3-button headset, volume control is also configurable with the left and right headset buttons.

Music app selection
Headset Button Controller controls the currently running music app. You are also able to explicitly specify which installed music app you want to control.

Volume control features
Headset Button Controller remembers the music volume when the headphone is unplugged and can restore it when the headphone is plugged in again.
* Min volume limit: Start volume level of the 'volume control' command
* Max volume limit: Ensures that the headset music volume never exceeds this limit

Call features
You are also able to control calls with the headset button:
* answer call / end call on single press (configurable)
* decline call / mute microphone on double press (configurable)
* adjust volume during a call (see volume control)
* announce caller name (Text-To-Speech required)
You can also configure Headset Button Controller to automatically answer an incoming call after a configurable delay.

Headset plug in / out
You can configure an action to be performed when the headset gets plugged in / out.

Profiles
You can create different 'configuration profiles' which you can switch between. Add a widget or a shortcut to your home screen to easily change your profile. It is also possible to switch profile from the 'Tasker' or 'Locale' app (Locale plug-in). All settings can be backed up on SD card.


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This is the full version of Headset Button Controller. To check if this app works with your phone / music player correctly, we suggest you first install the trial version of this app before buying.
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Recent changes:
* Improved Support for Oreo (Android 8)

Notes:
* Since JellyBean (Android 4): The long press commands of the center button are reserved by Google Now and cannot be configured with this app.
* Headset Button Controller cannot support the separate volume control buttons on the iPhone headset - this is a limitation of the Android framework.

Safety and technology

Found in the app by AppBrain
Ads
Contains ads
Price
$2.99
Libraries
1
App size
400.8 KB
Needs Android
2.1+
Content rating
Everyone

Technologies used by Headset Button Controller

16 permissions · 1 libraries
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Releases

Updates seen on Google Play
Version
8.5
Launched
February 2011
  • Feb 9, 2019Unpublished
  • Mar 11, 2018UpdateVersion 8.5
  • Oct 30, 2017UpdateVersion 8.4
  • Jun 6, 2016UpdateVersion 8.3
  • Dec 7, 2015Price IncreaseNew price: $2.99 ($2.78)
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Installs

Tracked by AppBrain
Play install range
10+ thousand
Launched
February 2011

About the app and developer

About Headset Button Controller

Headset Button Controller was a music & audio app developed by Christoph Kober. It was removed from Google Play Feb 9, 2019.

Install Statistics

Headset Button Controller had been installed 22 thousand times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

Headset Button Controller was rated 4.16 out of 5 stars, based on 1.9 thousand ratings.

App Information

Headset Button Controller cost $2.99. The app size was 400.80 kB. The last available version was 8.5. The last update was on March 11, 2018.

Technical Requirements

Headset Button Controller required Android 2.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since February 2011.

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