Hi there Have someone found solution for this yet? I built a device which can control cursor, but i still can not click....
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:13:20 AM UTC+2, Dritan wrote: > > OK so first things first, yes I was kind of angry/upset because it > seemed like I had tried all possible routes and have no solution. I > apologize if my "threat" to re-post this question every week (lol) > came off too strong. > > But honestly, I've been at this for nearly a month where I bought a > Bluetooth adapter for $80 and hooked it up to Arduino as my driver- > interface. I used Arduino to communicate with the adapter, but because > the adapter does not have a HID profile, I am kind of stuck. > (Re-)write a HID profile? how to add profile to BT stack? Re-invent > the wheel? Are my #googling skills up to par? > > So I resorted to reading a bluetooth stream from the device via BT. I > manually send signals to Arduino (from button or typing) which get > sent over BT to the tablet. I've got IME's down. But for mouse clicks > and motions and pressure and all the goodies ... I've been royally > stuck :( > > I'm sorry but in the name of learning I shall continue to ask! > ..and thank you for replying :) > > Dritan > > > On Jan 31, 1:20 pm, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Dritan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for your reply Kris. > > > > > I am trying to create a low-level mapping where some button press on > > > my 22-button device is to be seen as leftclick, by following this > > > configuration: > http://source.android.com/tech/input/key-layout-files.html > > > > > I know Android is a flexible system and without rooting a device, it > > > is TOTALLY possible to create your own input device as amouse+ > > > keyboard + touchpad + braille + whatever kind of input you wish to > > > send to android. (NOT simulate keys, but actually send the > > > corresponding byes for "LeftClick" or "RightClick" or "move > > > pointer"). > > > > I totally agree with you. It's not that what you're doing is > > fundamentally flawed, it's that you're thinking about it the wrong > > way. You're looking to solve it using the naive hackey behavior > > typical of malware. You have to remember that your app would be > > potentially killed off at any time, so even if you launched it as a > > background and were able to register clicks to the toplevel view, your > > app could always annoyingly disappear! > > > > > Consider a professional artists who purchases a digital drawing pad > > > *with* a stylus pen for accuracy and all his/her drawings on the > > > drawing pad are directly sent to Android as legitmouseor stylus > > > events. This includes the pressure of the lines drawn as well, without > > > having to directly simulate each event. > > > > True. > > > > > It just seems that not one Google employee seems to know about this. > > > Documentation is barely existent (and whatever is there is very poor), > > > books don't help (not one book dares touch on this topic). I've gone > > > back and forth all over the web to find an answer and unfortunately, > > > only someone in this area of expertise can actually help me. > > > > Well, to be fair, this list isn't something that Google is responsible > > for answering questions on. > > > > > What better place to post a question about Android than the source > > > itself? > > > > Personally I did not know that you could add such low level support at > > the application level. The only thing I'm aware of is adding HID > > profiles, and the docs for those are here: > > > > http://source.android.com/tech/input/overview.html > > > > > Thank you, > > > Dritan > > > > > p.s. If I don't get a reply from a competent Google employee (or > > > really, anyone who's competent in this area), I shall re-post this > > > question with a different title, every single week. I don't want to > > > root the phone, nor do I feel like re-compiling the source to get > > > the .java files for the source (even then it's a tremendous headache). > > > Any help related directly to this matter is greatly appreciated, thank > > > you! > > > > That's a very passive aggressive threat.. I'm sure the discussion > > around the office will be something like > > > > "did you answer that guy yet, tom?" > > "No, he said he would repost every week until I did, I figured I'd see > > how long he could keep it up." > > > > What do you mean by recompiling the source to get the java files for > > the source? That doesn't make any sense, you already have all the > > system source, it's in the public repository, and you can browse and > > modify it yourself. The reason you don't want to do so is that if you > > do, nobody will have your hacked firmware, unless Google accepted your > > patch, which they might do. > > > > Your problem is that what you're wanting to write isn't an app, it's a > > driver for the device. You won't be able to do that through an app, > > the system doesn't work like that. > > > > There isn't much HID support, from cupcake onward, iirc, because it's > > just not very mature. > > > > There are some projects out there aiming to support this eventually, > > but I don't know a general way to get support for your device on > > Android if it has to do lower level things.. > > > > http://code.google.com/p/androhid/ > > > > For example > > > > kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
