The mapping tables are device-specific.
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Android_n00b <nikhil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Yi,
>
> I am looking for the KeycodeLabels.h files in /android/frameworks/base/
> libs/ui because that is where it is supposed to be, but I cannot find
> it. I see the KeyLayoutMap.h file but do not see the KeycodeLabels
> file. I am looking at online versions of the source code file
> structure and do not see it there either. What am I missing?
>
> On Nov 11, 2:46 pm, Yi Sun <beyo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The EventHub.cpp calls the KeyLayoutMap.cpp to cover the real scan code
> to
> > the Android internal keycode mapping. The internal key code mapping can
> be
> > found in KeycodeLabels.h and KeyEvent.java.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Android_n00b <nikhil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I would really appreciate a reply from someone at Google if nobody can
> > > answer this. I really need to know this to move ahead with my
> > > project.
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > > On Nov 11, 2:12 pm, Android_n00b <nikhil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > I am writing a program which captures the keys pressed by user in
> > > > android and displays it in Ubuntu. According to what I read,
> Android's
> > > > input event device is structured around an interrupt or polling
> > > > routine that captures the device-specific scancode and converts it to
> > > > a standard form acceptable to Linux (as defined in input.h) before
> > > > passing it to the kernel with input_event(). There are the steps
> which
> > > > describe the translation from keyboard input to application action:
> > > > 1. Window manager reads key event from Linux keyboard driver.
> > > > 2. Window manager maps scancode to keycode.
> > > > 3. Window manager sends both the scancode and the keycode to the
> > > > application.
> >
> > > > Now in my application I have an EditText which returns the keycode of
> > > > any key which is pressed. So basically this is what I have:
> > > > public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode,
> > > KeyEvent event) {
> > > > // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> > > > String a ="";a+=keyCode;
> > > > txt.setText(a);
> >
> > > > return false;
> > > > }
> >
> > > > Now I get this keycode value but it does not correspond to the
> > > > scancode value. For example, the keycode value for 'A' is 29 but the
> > > > scancode is 30. There is no correlation I can see between the input.h
> > > > scancodes and these keycodes either. My question is, I want to know
> > > > how step 2 (the mapping) above takes place. My applications aim is to
> > > > echo whatever I type on my android keyboard on my Ubuntu desktop (I
> > > > can connect between the 2 without a problem, so you don't have to
> > > > worry about that). Any help would be appreciated, as I have looked
> > > > online for quite a bit.
> >
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