fire tv stick remote controls not working with RGEasyFTV.lua

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#1

Hi, i tried both of the examples  
 

from 

https://coronalabs.com/blog/2014/05/13/tutorial-amazon-fire-tv-controller-events/

on my fire tv stick and none of them works with my fire tv remote. the key events work in the simulator and i get the expected responses in the console. Did anyone succeed in using RGEasyFTV.lua this in his Fire TV apps for the Fire TV Stick Version? I build for amazon within corona and can install apps on the stick and they run fine. just the controls will not work at all. Tried both examples here. I am wondering what i do wrong or if i miss something. Did anybody get the controls working with RGEasyFTV.lua and could test on the real device? I just want to achive a one button control. using “select” or key code “23” works on simulator but no reaction on the real fire tv remote  when i build for amazon and install the apk on the stick.

#2

Hi.  I’m afraid I’ve never tried this on the FireTV stick device.  You may want to ignore my library and simply write a small program to detect any and all ‘key’ events. Then print them to the screen.  This will act as a sanity check.  i.e. You’ll know if the button pushes on your device are getting detected.

https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/event/key/index.html

This code should do the trick (modify to suit your tastes):

local keyName = display.newText( "keyName", 10, 20, native.systemFont, 24 ) keyName.anchorX = 0 local keyCode = display.newText( "keyCode", 10, 50, native.systemFont, 24 ) keyCode.anchorX = 0 local isCtrlDown = display.newText( "isCtrlDown", 10, 80, native.systemFont, 24 ) isCtrlDown.anchorX = 0 local isAltDown = display.newText( "isAltDown", 10, 110, native.systemFont, 24 ) isAltDown.anchorX = 0 local isShiftDown = display.newText( "isShiftDown", 10, 140, native.systemFont, 24 ) isShiftDown.anchorX = 0 local phase = display.newText( "phase", 10, 170, native.systemFont, 24 ) phase.anchorX = 0 local onKey = function( event ) keyName.text = " keyName: " .. tostring(event.keyName) keyCode.text = "keyCode: " .. tostring(event.nativeKeyCode) isCtrlDown.text = " isCtrlDown: " .. tostring(event.isCtrlDown) isAltDown.text = " isAltDown: " .. tostring(event.isAltDown) isShiftDown.text = "isShiftDown: " .. tostring(event.isShiftDown) phase.text = " phase: " .. tostring(event.phase) return false end timer.performWithDelay(100, function() Runtime:addEventListener( "key", onKey ) end )
#3

Hi, the code works! Remote responds now. Thanks! corona forums rock  :)  

#4

I’m very happy the code worked and you are back developing.

Cheers,

Ed

#5

Hi.  I’m afraid I’ve never tried this on the FireTV stick device.  You may want to ignore my library and simply write a small program to detect any and all ‘key’ events. Then print them to the screen.  This will act as a sanity check.  i.e. You’ll know if the button pushes on your device are getting detected.

https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/event/key/index.html

This code should do the trick (modify to suit your tastes):

local keyName = display.newText( "keyName", 10, 20, native.systemFont, 24 ) keyName.anchorX = 0 local keyCode = display.newText( "keyCode", 10, 50, native.systemFont, 24 ) keyCode.anchorX = 0 local isCtrlDown = display.newText( "isCtrlDown", 10, 80, native.systemFont, 24 ) isCtrlDown.anchorX = 0 local isAltDown = display.newText( "isAltDown", 10, 110, native.systemFont, 24 ) isAltDown.anchorX = 0 local isShiftDown = display.newText( "isShiftDown", 10, 140, native.systemFont, 24 ) isShiftDown.anchorX = 0 local phase = display.newText( "phase", 10, 170, native.systemFont, 24 ) phase.anchorX = 0 local onKey = function( event ) keyName.text = " keyName: " .. tostring(event.keyName) keyCode.text = "keyCode: " .. tostring(event.nativeKeyCode) isCtrlDown.text = " isCtrlDown: " .. tostring(event.isCtrlDown) isAltDown.text = " isAltDown: " .. tostring(event.isAltDown) isShiftDown.text = "isShiftDown: " .. tostring(event.isShiftDown) phase.text = " phase: " .. tostring(event.phase) return false end timer.performWithDelay(100, function() Runtime:addEventListener( "key", onKey ) end )
#6

Hi, the code works! Remote responds now. Thanks! corona forums rock  :)  

#7

I’m very happy the code worked and you are back developing.

Cheers,

Ed