Android TV and DPad

Solar2D Android
#1

Hi,

I tried to have my ‘business app’ to support Android tv. I used this tutorial by Brent & Ed to map out the keys (https://coronalabs.com/blog/2015/01/13/tutorial-creating-android-tv-apps/).

It works on my Windows keyboard, where the left/right arrow button will navigate between pages. But I think for non-game apps, Google wants “full DPad support” before it is approved for the tv-listing.

Does this mean I need to support scrolling up/down too ?

Reply I got from Google :

Your app requires user interaction for menus or app navigation. Please make sure that all menus and app navigation are fully functional using a DPad. Please refer to our DPAD Control and Hardware Declaration documentation: http://developer.android.com/training/tv/start/navigation.html#d-pad-navigation http://developer.android.com/training/tv/start/hardware.html#declare-hardware-requirements
#2

With out knowing your app or seeing it, it’s going to be hard to suggest places where D-Pad navigation might make sense. But if you expect someone to use their fingers to touch and drag to scroll something, then yes, the D-Pad will be expected to provide those touch movements. If you have multiple buttons on a screen you will need to use the D-Pad to select the different buttons and let the enter key activate the button.

Rob

#3

With out knowing your app or seeing it, it’s going to be hard to suggest places where D-Pad navigation might make sense. But if you expect someone to use their fingers to touch and drag to scroll something, then yes, the D-Pad will be expected to provide those touch movements. If you have multiple buttons on a screen you will need to use the D-Pad to select the different buttons and let the enter key activate the button.

Rob