[mythtv-commits] Ticket #13234: Support for Nvidia Shield Remote

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#13234: Support for Nvidia Shield Remote
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 Reporter:  pbennett         |          Owner:  pbennett
     Type:  Developer Task   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor            |      Milestone:  30.0
Component:  Ports - Android  |        Version:  Master Head
 Severity:  medium           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by pbennett):

 Many of the themes have used the triggerevent tag to map left, right, up
 and down to various actions. Themes are inconsistent about this. With the
 Shield limited remote, we will have to be careful how the buttons are used
 so the the user is not locked out of getting things done.

 We can create a shield-specific (android tv specific?) theme or themes or
 an overlay that gets loaded on top of other themes in the case of the
 shield or android tv.

 I suggest using Select to bring up a menu and right to perform the default
 action when there is nothing to move to on the right. For example in the
 recordings screen right will bring you from the groups to the recordings
 and right on a recording will play. When on a recording, select will bring
 up the menu. This is the opposite of the recent change in Steppes, but it
 seems more logical to me. The Select button will universally bring up the
 menu rather than sometimes the right arrow bringing up the menu and
 sometimes select bringing it up.

 I will work out further details and add them here, as well as a method to
 make sure users with a limited remote can do everything while traditional
 users do not find their remotes work differently from before.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13234#comment:1>
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