Android
The USB cable of the HID Joystick can be connected to an Android phone or tablet via a USB OTG cable. After a couple of seconds, the phone or tablet should recognize the HID Joystick.
Keyboard
You can use the keyboard mode to navigate your Android device with keyboard shortcuts (see table below). This is a limitative list. However, there is an Android app External Keyboard Helper, which allows you to create custom keyboard shortcuts.
| Description | KEYBOARD STRING |
|---|---|
| Navigate Up | KEY_UP 0x00 0x52 |
| Navigate Down | KEY_DOWN 0x00 0x51 |
| Navigate Left | KEY_LEFT 0x00 0x50 |
| Navigate Right | KEY_RIGHT 0x00 0x4f |
| Open Selection | KEY_ENTER 0x00 0x28 |
| Go back | KEY_ESC 0x00 0x29 |
| Remove a character | KEY_BACKSPACE 0x00 0x2a |
| Switch tasks | MOD_LALT + KEY TAB 0x04 0x2b |
| Open browser | MOD_LMETA + KEY_B 0x08 0x05 |
| Cut | MOD_LCTRL + KEY_X 0x01 0x1b |
| Copy | MOD_LCTRL + KEY_C 0x01 0x06 |
| Paste | MOD_LCTRL + KEY_V 0x01 0x19 |
| Next window | KEY_TAB 0x00 0x2b |
| Select text up | MOD_LSHIFT + KEY_UP 0x02 0x52 |
| Select text down | MOD_LSHIFT + KEY_DOWN 0x02 0x51 |
| Select text right | MOD_LSHIFT + KEY_RIGHT 0x02 0x50 |
| Select text left | MOD_LSHIFT + KEY_LEFT 0x02 0x4f |
| Delete | KEY_DELETE 0x00 0x4c |
Mouse
The following mouse actions can be configured:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Move up/down/left/right | Cursor moves up/down/left/right |
| Scroll up / scroll down | Scroll up / down |
| Button click left | Select |
| Button click middle | Return to home menu |
| Button click right | Return to previous menu |
| Button double left click | Open app |
Joystick
We support 8 buttons and they can be mapped per game.
Note: To test the function, you can install the free Android app Game controller keymapper from AnkitChowdhury. This allows you to visualize the axis and keycodes.