mkg20001 / SamRemote

Simple WiFi remote for Samsung TVs
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Adding a keyboard to input letters #3

Open RayVermilion opened 6 years ago

RayVermilion commented 6 years ago

Hey,

The mobile-debug.apk works fine with my Samsung S7 edge and my Samsung Smart TV. I only get the issue "the apk seems to be broken" when I try to install the mobile-release-unsigned.apk. Both version from 2017-02-24.

Do you think there would be a way to implement the function to send letters? Some Samsung remotes also have a keyboard on the reversed side but they are working with IR, so I do not know if the function is also enabled for direct wifi.

A keyboard would be great because of functions like Searching in the YouTube App or the mediathek.

Best regards

mkg20001 commented 6 years ago

This might be hard to implement because there is no public documentation available for Samsung's remote control protocols and my TV is unlikely to support that feature.

I think it should be fairly easy once the key codes are known, but finding them is hard.

My best guess is that the key codes are simply the letters itself, but you'd have to somehow try whether those work on your tv.