klausw / hackerskeyboard

Hacker's Keyboard (official)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard
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[Feature Request] Add option to emulate physical keyboard for remote gaming #933

Open erikpopp opened 11 months ago

erikpopp commented 11 months ago

Add an option to emulate a physical keyboard for better compatibility with games played over a remote desktop app (in my case NoMachine).

I would prefer to be able to choose between the keyboard presenting as:

Alternatively, do you know of any keyboard app that already does this or (better yet) a universal solution that presents any onscreen keyboard as a physical keyboard?

The issue I am having is that when I try to game remotely, the game only detects keystrokes rarely. I could eventually get menu keyboard shortcuts to work, but not reliably.

I tried pairing a Bluetooth keyboard with my phone and that worked.

Software versions, etc.: