The scan codes for 'a' and 'A' are the same, too. Key codes and scan codes represent physical buttons, not the textual result.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Android_n00b <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot guys. Dianne, I didn't mean to be rude, I just wanted an > answer from someone at Google, instead of anyone else. because I have > posted a similar message in a bunch of forums and got different > replies! Thanks again guys, I shall look into this. I was wondering > whether there was any quicker way without creating a map because I am > going to run into issues there, as the keycodes for 'a' and 'A' are > the same (29). > > On Nov 11, 3:16 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Android_n00b <[email protected]> > 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. > > > > Um, sorry it took me more than 20 minutes to respond to your post. :p > > > > The table mapping between scan codes and key codes is not available in > the > > SDK. In addition, scan codes are by definition device dependent, so you > > shouldn't rely on any particular value for them. Instead you should use > the > > constants in KeyEvent to map the key codes you receive to the codes that > you > > want to send. > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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 [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
