diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/app/src/main/java/org/beeware/android/MainActivity.java b/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/app/src/main/java/org/beeware/android/MainActivity.java
index 26f06af..9270bdb 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/app/src/main/java/org/beeware/android/MainActivity.java	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/app/src/main/java/org/beeware/android/MainActivity.java	
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
@@ -178,6 +179,17 @@ public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, in
         Log.d(TAG, "onRequestPermissionsResult() complete");
     }
 
+    public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "dispatchKeyEvent() start");
+        PyObject pyResult = userCode("dispatchKeyEvent", event);
+        boolean result = (pyResult == null) ? false : pyResult.toBoolean();
+        if (!result) {
+            result = super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
+        }
+        Log.d(TAG, "dispatchKeyEvent() complete");
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private PyObject userCode(String methodName, Object... args) {
         if (pythonApp == null) {
             // Could be a non-graphical app such as Python-support-testbed.