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[ClockwoekRobot]

Bit of a coding newbie here. I'd like to add some simple support for the ICP to a game demo I'm writing, Space Wars 3D.
There's nothing wrong with bluez-ime but I don't see why the punter should have to fiddle around with it if they don't need to.
Has anyone got a very simple example of code that'd take care of reading a key assuming it's in the icade mode that appears to work with most the apple stuff and has been added to mame4droid quite painlessly? Info appears a bit thin on the ground so far.
I did take a look at the Bluez-ime code but it all got a bit overwhelming

[kennneth]

Each headset manufacturer fiddles with Bluetooth, and there is no public Android API call to connect, which is the first obstacle.

You need to use a bit of reflection to call the createInsecureRfcommSocket that opens the data connection when the iControlPad is in SPP mode:
http://code.google.c...Device.java#146
http://code.google.c...Device.java#203

Once you have a connection, you can read/write data using the resulting socket and getInputStream() / getOutputStream().

You can read about the format used here:
http://www.icontrolp..._operations.pdf
(Scroll down to "Using SPP mode")

I would recommend that you use "auto report mode" instead of polling,
but your app logic may lend itself to polling.

If you have a new Android device, maybe you are lucky enough to have the HID profile for Bluetooth, and in that case you can just use it as a regular keyboard (with fewer buttons of course).
But if you want to sell you app, 90%-95% of Android users have no support for HID, so you have to deal with the low-level SPP data.
This works on almost all Android devices 2.0+ (I know of no way to get it working on LG devices).


Regards, Kenneth