How to simulate a touch event at a given x, y coordinate (OUYA-related usage)

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#1

I find the trackpad on the Ouya is not as easy as I would like it to be for the app I am developing, so I am trying to simulate a mouse using the left thumbstick, and would like to simulate a touch event when the O button is pressed/released.

I have the thumbstick cursor navigation working okay (not great, but without better Ouya integration, I am not sure how I can improve it).  However, I am unable to figure out a good way to send a touch event to the  non-physical displayobject at the cursor’s x/y position.

If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them!  I have scoured the documentation, but either my eyes are failing me (would not be surprised) or there’s no such thing.  Thanks!

#2

Have you tried creating your own table (for simplicity let’s call this table “fakeEvent”), adding the necessary keys to this event (like fakeEvent.phase = “began”, fakeEvent.x = 100, fakeEvent.y = 200 etc…) and then calling the touch handler function with this table as a parameter - someting like “touchFunction(fakeEvent)” ?

If all works as expected this should call your touch handling function, and if the parameter passed contains the right values for the right keys you should be good to go.

#3

Yes, but that would require creating mapped rectangles of x and y coordinates for each object that could be touched, which I am hoping to avoid.  May be the only option, though.

#4

Have you tried creating your own table (for simplicity let’s call this table “fakeEvent”), adding the necessary keys to this event (like fakeEvent.phase = “began”, fakeEvent.x = 100, fakeEvent.y = 200 etc…) and then calling the touch handler function with this table as a parameter - someting like “touchFunction(fakeEvent)” ?

If all works as expected this should call your touch handling function, and if the parameter passed contains the right values for the right keys you should be good to go.

#5

Yes, but that would require creating mapped rectangles of x and y coordinates for each object that could be touched, which I am hoping to avoid.  May be the only option, though.