[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:  accepted
 Priority:  minor            |      Milestone:  30.0
Component:  Ports - Android  |        Version:  Master Head
 Severity:  medium           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |  Ticket locked:  0
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Changes (by pbennett):

 * status:  new => accepted


Comment:

 I believe I can implement the "long press". I plan to make "long press" of
 the SELECT button invoke the MENU action.

 Details:
 * Add a setting for keys (e.g. the SELECT key) that will support "long
 press". Those keys will NOT support repeat action. To set "long press" on
 the arrow keys, for example, would be very bad.
 * Normally the SELECT button takes effect immediately upon pressing. With
 this change it will only take effect upon release.
 * Use the !KeyPress and !KeyRelease events to time how long one of those
 keys is held down and generate a single action upon release. Discard all
 !KeyPress events for that key that are generated in the interim.
 * If the button was held down for more than 1 second, generate a
 !MetaModifier on the keystroke to support a long press. The !MetaModifier
 is normally generated when holding the "Windows" key and pressing a
 button, I am hijacking it for another purpose.
 * The normal key mapping feature of !MythTV can assign an action to Meta-
 Enter or other Meta keys. In particular, I will create a default entry for
 Meta-Enter to generate the MENU action.
 * This is not android specific so it could be used with any remote that
 uses a !KeyPress and !KeyRelease event on any operating system.
 * I do not know if LIRC would support this, but any remote that connects
 as a keyboard would support it.

 I also plan to add some entries to the menus so that all important actions
 are available via menu. For example:
 * Add "Info" to menus - this will bring up the info menu
 * Add "Pause", "fast forward", and "bookmark" to playback menus.
 * Possibly add "next menu" to menus so that you can cycle through menus.

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