Francisco wrote: > Hi > > I'm looking to create an external input device for my G1 phone. It > would plug into the USB port (where else!) and would contain a few > buttons on it that, when pressed, it would mimic the pressing of > certain keys on the physical keyboard. > > The reason? > I'm looking to make an external controller for use with Nesoid,, > SNesoid, and Gensoid. > > I've been looking up some information on the Android dev site like > KeyEvent, onKeyUp, onKeyDown, etc, etc.. > > But what I don't know is how to get android to listen to the input > signals from an external device coming in from the usb port. Once I > figure that out I can convert or set them to equal the same as those > keyEvents. (something like that) > > Hope this makes sense.
Most Android devices are not set up to be USB hosts, and so would not be able to work with an external USB keyboard. Sorry! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
