Nobody knows anything at all about this? Or maybe it's not an interesting problem?
On Mar 7, 3:51 pm, Bill Michaelson <wmmichael...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to use an external keyboard. I have a Freedom Pro Bluetooth > keyboard that can send keystroke info to Android applications. I am > supposing that I can use InputMethodManager and associated framework > to accomplish this, but I'm unsure whether it will be effective and > useful. > > In particular, I would like to use the connectbot application, and it > would be extremely useful to receive keystrokes for ctl-c, ctl-d, > etc. That application currently uses a hack approach involving the > trackball to input ctl-keys. > > In my very superficial review of the Input Method Framework, I think I > see that one could generate KeyEvent objects to send to the > applications. But these are apparently raw key events, and the data > domain of what can be sent does not seem to include regular-old byte > values or sequences like 0x03 (for ctl-c as an example), but rather, > physical keypresses. I'm inferring that applications like connectbot > don't see byte streams like a tty device and that what I want to > accomplish is logically impossible because they use the device at too > low a layer. > > Am I barking up the wrong tree? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
