Feature Support: Text Input from iDevice to TV

[thachonline]

Description:
The addition of a feature that allows users to send text input from their iOS device (iDevice) to the TV. This would be a valuable addition to the project as it enhances user interaction and convenience.

Details:

• This feature would involve enabling text input on the iOS app, which would then be transmitted to the TV application.
• Users could input text using their iOS device's keyboard and have it displayed or used on the TV.
• Use cases for this feature include entering search queries, text messaging, and other text-based interactions.

Benefits:

• Improved user experience by reducing the need to type on the TV remote.
• Enhanced functionality for text-based interactions on the TV.
• Greater user convenience for tasks that involve text input.

Thank you for considering this enhancement to the project.

[thachonline]

Sony Bravia also runs on Android TV (aka Google TV). These are the technical specifications of Sony, I'm not sure if there are any differences with Android TV.

https://pro-bravia.sony.net/develop/integrate/rest-api/spec/service/appcontrol/v1_0/setTextForm/index.html

[odyshewroman]

I handle the technical aspects of connecting and pairing with Android TV OS devices because it's not a trivial task. I also provide functions for sending any data to a remote device. So you can choose which data to send, implement it in your high-level business rules, then at the transport layer, convert it to the necessary format. You can use protocols like Protocol Buffers (protobuf) or manual encoding to send the data.

Sending specific commands might be a simpler task, and I may implement that in the future. However, currently, I don't have the time.

Yes, not only SONY, but also some other TV brands use Android TV OS, so it's not surprising. Therefore, my library is also applicable for them.

[thachonline]

Do you have specification documentation related to sending data to support Text Input? I want to implement this function in your project, but I can't find any documentation about the implementation of that function.

[odyshewroman]

What do you mean about Text Input? Which Text Input?
There is documentation about key events that you can send to Android TV OS device - https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent
Today I have implemented entities for this events, and Deep Link

[thachonline]

On the current Android (Google) TV remote control app, you can indeed use it to input text into Android TV. For example, when opening a browser on your Android TV, instead of using the TV's virtual keyboard, you can use your smartphone to input text directly. Therefore, I'm wondering if there's a way to do this directly on AndroidTVRemoteControl?

[odyshewroman]

Hmm.. Should to investegate... I have never used Android (Google) TV remote control app, so I don't familiar with this feature.
But, could it be just sequential sending of key codes to Android TV corresponding to user input characters?

[thachonline]

I think this feature, instead of sending individual bytes according to key codes, would send a byte array containing a list of characters or a Base64-encoded representation of the text that the user has entered to the TV. This could make the data transmission process more efficient and reduce the number of transmissions from the remote control app to the TV.

For example, in the case of Samsung TV, it would look like this:

//Remote
export function getCommandByKey(key: KEYS): Command {
  return {
    method: 'ms.remote.control',
    params: {
      Cmd: 'Click',
      DataOfCmd: key,
      Option: 'false',
      TypeOfRemote: 'SendRemoteKey',
    },
  }
}

//Send text
export function getSendTextCommand(text: any) {
  return {
    method: 'ms.remote.control',
    params: {
      Cmd: base64(text),
      DataOfCmd: 'base64',
      TypeOfRemote: 'SendInputString',
    },
  }
}

[odyshewroman]

@thachonline message me on email - odyshewroman@gmail.com I have some updates about this feature

[HarshadTechmero]

@odyshewroman @thachonline is there any update for sending text to Android TV?

[odyshewroman]

To be honest I have some solution, but I don't plan to release it cause of some private reasons

[HarshadTechmero]

To be honest I have some solution, but I don't plan to release it cause of some private reasons

@odyshewroman have you any idea about send text RequestDataProtocol Data, Actually we are stuck on keyboard input to Smart TV so.

[Sakurathanh2003]

who did find resolution? :<

[HarshadTechmero]

who did find resolution? :<

No from myend

[Sakurathanh2003]

@HarshadTechmero Do you have any SDK that supports this?

[HarshadTechmero]

@HarshadTechmero Do you have any SDK that supports this?

No, i don't have, let me if you find anything for text input.

Do you have knowledge of Screen Mirroring? @Sakurathanh2003