[mythtv-users] keyboard does not come up when running mythfrontend on android

[David Engel]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 11:09:53AM -0700, Patrick Mansfield wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 12:19:47PM -0500, David Engel wrote:
> > Ah, I think by "Android" you mean a phone or tablet.  Is that right?
> > Mythfrontend is barely usable (and that's being generous, IMO) on
> > phones and tablets.  Consequently, when we hear Android here, we
> > mainly think of Android TV or Fire TV devices being used with a remote
> > control.  For phone and tablet use with MythTV, I suggest you either
> > use Kodi or a media viewer using DLNA.
> 
> Yeah, I finally hooked up a USB keyboard using an OTG adapter and yeah it's not
> really usable but I wanted to try it out.
> 
> I couldn't get leanfront to install (not that it would work any better),

Leanfront is currently not really designed for a touch interface
either.  Some other developers are currently working on redesigning
MythTV's web interface.  That will hopefully have better touch support
someday but that won't be for a while.

David
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David Engel
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