Text input for search not working in some apps [YouTube, Prime Video]

jcarbaugh / python-roku

Screw remotes. Control your Roku with Python.

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/roku

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

288 stars 94 forks source link

Text input for search not working in some apps [YouTube, Prime Video] #57

Closed iamprem closed 4 years ago

iamprem commented 4 years ago

I'm trying to use roku.literal("Text") to input text for Youtube search by following this documentation. But none of the text values are being accepted by this search page and it remains blank.

https://github.com/jcarbaugh/python-roku#entering-text

I verified roku.literal working in Netflix, Roku Channel and the Roku's native search app. Any idea why this inconsistency in text input behaviour?

jcarbaugh commented 4 years ago

@iamprem I just tried it out and can verify that literal is not working in YouTube. Unfortunately, I think this is ultimately due to how YouTube built their app. I imagine they are either using custom controls or are not handling the literal command. I'm not sure there's much that can be done about it 😕