Currently the only way, outside of test environments, to deliver input events to the platform is throw a kernel input device. So your USB device must report itself as a HID device (a keyboard, trackpad, mouse, or game controller) which the kernel understands how to interact with and will generate the appropriate low-level events from the input device.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Prabudas <prabu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on an external HID device for android 4.0 devices. The device > will have a touchpad and hardware buttons to replicate the touch screen and > android buttons(Home, back and menu). To make this device work with any > android 4.0 device, I do not want to modify the build or root the device. > All I can do is, I can write an app (service) which can interact with this > device through USB (using accessory mode v 1.0). So, from that app, I want > to create the necessary events based on the message from USB. This can be > very easy in android 4.1 with accessory mode 2.0. But, I need this for 4.0. > Please help me on this. Thanks in advance. > > …Prabudas > > -- > 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 -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
