I know I am not the first one to think of this but I was wondering if anyone is aware of development of a remote control/keyboard app for use with the PS3 and 360 (wii gets no love)? I would love to have the functionality of using my phone for both devices at home.
I was playing around with a remote play option on the PS3 and app called BD remote but it doesnt seem to pair the two. I got the idea after downloading pocket blu app and I was able control Inglorious Basterds via wifi. That in of itself was cool but I craved more control.
I dont write code so Im of no help here. I could try but I dont think that will be fruitful.
epidemike said:
I know I am not the first one to think of this but I was wondering if anyone is aware of development of a remote control/keyboard app for use with the PS3 and 360 (wii gets no love)? I would love to have the functionality of using my phone for both devices at home.
I was playing around with a remote play option on the PS3 and app called BD remote but it doesnt seem to pair the two. I got the idea after downloading pocket blu app and I was able control Inglorious Basterds via wifi. That in of itself was cool but I craved more control.
I dont write code so Im of no help here. I could try but I dont think that will be fruitful.
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This should probably be in Q&A or Apps section, so try posting there next time.
As for your question, it would be virtually impossible on the 360. The 360 doesn't use bluetooth or wifi, and it would be virtually impossible to have a server application running on it anyway. Maybe if you hacked your 360, added wifi and did a lot of jerryrigging, you'd get it to work. PS3 uses both bluetooth and wifi, but I don't know if its possible to port applications to it without hacking. Again, I think the real challenge is to run some sort of server on the device. The app for your phone is easy, the server side would be really tricky. Don't have a PS3, so I don't know much about it, but 360 is definitely out.
Maybe this will give you a hint. I've successfully tried it in Windows.
h**p://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-use-htc-evo-4g-as-a-wireless-multi-touchkeyboard/
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Not the same as what you're looking for specifically, but Gmote and Remote Droid will do that.
Gmote is awesome. I love how it turns your phone into a laptop like trackpad for your PC.
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Would it be possible to link a PS3 controller to our phone? The only problem I could see would be linking them up... But it would be badass for emulators!
I'm breathing life back into any old thread I can find that has this question. I just got the EVO 3D and once my mhl cable comes, I'm gonna be rockin the emulator over HDMI to my tv, and would LOVE to be able to just use my PS3 controller. We need to get on this STAT.
I'm willing to help in any way possible.
just use a emulator and download the Ps3 drivers to your pc,then if you have a pc with HDMI you can connect it to your TV.....why would you use your phone when you can run any kind of console with your pc...lol
WONGLONGSOOK said:
just use a emulator and download the Ps3 drivers to your pc,then if you have a pc with HDMI you can connect it to your TV.....why would you use your phone when you can run any kind of console with your pc...lol
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Because I can't take my PC with me anywhere I go...
If I could do it through the phone I could play on my TV while I'm home, but also on the go anywhere that I have my phone, without having to export/import save files or play two separate games.
well...you will have to use bluetooth to connect the controller to your phone,the phone can't power that device on usb....
http://www.evo4gforum.net/htc-evo-4...n-we-get-the-wiimote-ps3-controller-to-work!/
sorry,but the only thing I can find is for the WII....
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well...you will have to use bluetooth to connect the controller to your phone,the phone can't power that device on usb....
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Yeah, that's the plan. Hoping to somehow link the controller for use with the phone. PS3 is tricky though because it requires a USB connection to a device in order to pair with it. I'm hoping to use a PC as an intermediary to 'introduce' them to each other and then it should (in theory) just be a matter of collecting/interpreting button press data and mapping it to the correct buttons in the phones emulator.
kinda old but has to be a way for Android.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH_NBKtj0R8
WONGLONGSOOK said:
kinda old but has to be a way for Android.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH_NBKtj0R8
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I'll check this out on my lunch. Thanks!
You are out of luck when trying to pair PS3 controller to Android. Can't be done at the moment.
Best bet is still the Wii remote (can use the classic controller as well) or purchasing a special type bluetooth gamepad off the net (just search Google and there are a few to choose from that do work well).
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You are out of luck when trying to pair PS3 controller to Android. Can't be done at the moment.
Best bet is still the Wii remote (can use the classic controller as well) or purchasing a special type bluetooth gamepad off the net (just search Google and there are a few to choose from that do work well).
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I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that two bluetooth devices based on Linux can't somehow be paired. Maybe extra hardware needs to be introduced, and there'll probably be some reverse engineering involved, but if they can connect a wiimote to Android, and a ps3 controller to a windows phone, there has to be a way to make this work...
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You are out of luck when trying to pair PS3 controller to Android. Can't be done at the moment.
Best bet is still the Wii remote (can use the classic controller as well) or purchasing a special type bluetooth gamepad off the net (just search Google and there are a few to choose from that do work well).
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It may not be able to be done with the EVO yet but it can be done. I've done it natively on my Xoom with emulators many times.
http://www.androidcentral.com/using-ps3-controller-motorola-xoom
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It may not be able to be done with the EVO yet but it can be done. I've done it natively on my Xoom with emulators many times.
http://www.androidcentral.com/using-ps3-controller-motorola-xoom
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That's awesome. That's the kind of encouraging thing that makes me believe this can be done. Perhaps there's a way to force the pairing with one of those cables and then wirelessly sync from that point on. Were you able to try that at all with the Xoom?
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It may not be able to be done with the EVO yet but it can be done. I've done it natively on my Xoom with emulators many times.
http://www.androidcentral.com/using-ps3-controller-motorola-xoom
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you're doing it with a cable though, so at that point its just a standard usb input device.
danialhanson said:
I'm breathing life back into any old thread I can find that has this question. I just got the EVO 3D and once my mhl cable comes, I'm gonna be rockin the emulator over HDMI to my tv, and would LOVE to be able to just use my PS3 controller. We need to get on this STAT.
I'm willing to help in any way possible.
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How about just playing the games that you already have on available on your phone. I don't see this ever working especially with sonys ****ty products.
this is also why I have all manner of game systems and PCs hooked up to my tvs/projectors:
I like being able to take phone calls or respond to text messages without having to exit my game....lol
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this is also why I have all manner of game systems and PCs hooked up to my tvs/projectors:
I like being able to take phone calls or respond to text messages without having to exit my game....lol
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True but I like the idea of taking the game WITH me so if I'm stuck somewhere bored with nothing to do I can pick up where I left off.
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I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that two bluetooth devices based on Linux can't somehow be paired. Maybe extra hardware needs to be introduced, and there'll probably be some reverse engineering involved, but if they can connect a wiimote to Android, and a ps3 controller to a windows phone, there has to be a way to make this work...
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Pretty much I heard it comes down to being able to pair the thing with the phone. Maybe drivers too.
I'd say that, at least from a hardware perspective, all you should need is a wire that would plug into both of them. Haven't the slightest idea what you'd need from the software side though.
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you're doing it with a cable though, so at that point its just a standard usb input device.
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You have to use a cable. The ps3 controller may be Bluetooth but it uses a non standard protocol, rendering it completely incompatible with our evo's Bluetooth stack. People had to write custom drivers from the ground up to get the ps3 controller to work on the PC, but that jacks up your ability to use other normal Bluetooth functions (at least the last time I tried a month or two ago, it still did).
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danialhanson said:
I'm breathing life back into any old thread I can find that has this question. I just got the EVO 3D and once my mhl cable comes, I'm gonna be rockin the emulator over HDMI to my tv, and would LOVE to be able to just use my PS3 controller. We need to get on this STAT.
I'm willing to help in any way possible.
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Instead of necroing a thread in the Evo 4G forums, how about posting this in the Evo 3D forums. I mean, that is the phone you have. Just sayin'.
Just curious if the PS3 controller is even able to be used with the Evo. I know they got the Wii remote working lol unfortunatnly I no longer have a we remote. Plus that thing chews threw batteries like a kid with candy.
I would be interested in this as well. Mario 3 at work would be luv. Or super punch out
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If anyone wants to tackle this one I have done some initial research. Now that CM6 has BlueZ implemented (bluetooth HID support) all we need is a way to handle PS3 controller's unique pairing method:
Using PS3 Controller in Bluetooth Mode With Linux
PS3 Controller Driver For WindowsMobile
Play games on Nokia N900 with PS3 Sixaxis controller
Maemo package - sixad daemon
Interesting Notes:
- "The SIXAXIS apparently does not support the standard Bluetooth pairing procedure; instead, pairing is done over USB, which is arguably simpler and more secure. This command-line utility searches USB buses for SIXAXIS controllers and tells them to connect to a new Bluetooth master."
- "Once the master address is set to your phone, pressing the PS button will cause the controller to send connection requests to your phone. Listen for devices, no authentication, with hid guid on psm 17 accept the connection request, then psm 19, accept that request, then write .... something can't remember... I have to go back to my code... to set the LEDs so they stop flashing and another code to tell the controller to start sending data. Once u r successful the controller constatntly sends packets of 50 bytes continuously describing the state of the controller, tilt, which buttons are down, up, etc so you just need to check for changes react accordingly. I'm handling verything on the L2CAP layer in WinMo. sending keydown and keyup events...."
- I think the easiest way to get this done would be to make a port of the sixad package which is a daemon that handles PS3 pairing and is triggered by udev (device manager) and make a GUI for it. This is what qtsixa is for maemo. This seems to make the most sense as maemo is another linux operating system for mobile.
Check out qtsixa's github here:http://github.com/smokku/sixaxis-support/tree/master/qtsixa
twilk73 said:
Just curious if the PS3 controller is even able to be used with the Evo. I know they got the Wii remote working lol unfortunatnly I no longer have a we remote. Plus that thing chews threw batteries like a kid with candy.
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Where can I find the know to get Wii working oh evo?
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There is a driver for the ps 3 to windows xp 32 bit. Its a good place to start reverse engineering imo.
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There is a driver for the ps 3 to windows xp 32 bit. Its a good place to start reverse engineering imo.
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Hey nice sig, cant wait for "new vegas".
Anyway back on topic. I wish I could start something lol If I had the ability to develop this stuff Id make some real money I have so many great ideas lol. Unfortunantly I dont even know where to start.
Any news of progress on this?
i'm also interested in this development. i'm currently using a wii controller to play snes games but it lacks the buttons of a snes controller.
Would be great, BUT I thought we would be screwed like we are with the Wii controller, we don't have HID controller profile in our Bluetooth stack right? I use my ps3 controller on my MacBook all the time and would love to use it on my Evo as well but as of now I think the only way to attempt this will be AOSP Roms or a completely new stack for sense...
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I have played games with the PS3 controller and my Nokia N900 last year and now it is not possible any more for me because I have switched to Android.
Is there an update or a work in progress app?
Thanks!
Hey guys - Wanted to see if anyone out there has used a 'keynote remote' app for Android. I'm going to be running a presentation on my wife's Mac, but neither of us have an iPhone, and the clicker we're going to be using is not that great.
I know some of the other guys who use it (and have iPhones) have keynote remotes on their phones, and I was wondering if anyone has any good suggestions for apps I could try. A few of them out there cost some $$, and I have no problem with that, but I know we only get 15 minutes to test apps out now, and that may not be enough time.
I'd like to have the link done by bluetooth so I don't have to rely on wifi if possible. Anyone out there know about this incredibly specific request?
I know you're not wanting wifi, but it's what I use at home to control my media PC: Desktop Remote. Free and works flawlessly.
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I know you're not wanting wifi, but it's what I use at home to control my media PC: Desktop Remote. Free and works flawlessly.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know if it works on Macs, specifically for Keynote? That's the application I'm going to be using it for, so if it only works for PCs, I won't be able to use it.
I'll look it up on the market and check it out.
I was just curious if anyone had any ideas about if this would be possible. I know Sony recently released an update so one of their tablets could use it. Given the Fire's mini-USB port and the fact that Bluetooth is physically there, any chance we'll get to use a PS3 controller with Kindle Fire? I have never been into the touch screen controls for games like Zenonia. And I think being able to play it with a PS3 controller on Kindle Fire would be pretty sweet. I already did a few Google searches but couldn't find any information about this working.
Another great thing about this, would be that we could theoretically use the gyroscope in the PS3 controller for other stuff.
I'm still new to this scene so I'm not sure what all would be needed, but wanted to bring it up while I had it on my mind.
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I was just curious if anyone had any ideas about if this would be possible. I know Sony recently released an update so one of their tablets could use it. Given the Fire's mini-USB port and the fact that Bluetooth is physically there, any chance we'll get to use a PS3 controller with Kindle Fire? I have never been into the touch screen controls for games like Zenonia. And I think being able to play it with a PS3 controller on Kindle Fire would be pretty sweet. I already did a few Google searches but couldn't find any information about this working.
Another great thing about this, would be that we could theoretically use the gyroscope in the PS3 controller for other stuff.
I'm still new to this scene so I'm not sure what all would be needed, but wanted to bring it up while I had it on my mind.
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It's a slim possibility only if someone finds a way of getting Bluetooth to work, but even then it's down to someone to write the the code to make the PS3 controller function, and then the game either has to support it, or there needs to be a driver layer that can emulate the screen touches/gyroscope.
However, as currently the KF only supports 2 finger touch, and nobody knows if that is a hardware or firmware limitation, that might also be a show stopper.
An external joystick would be nice, but I'm thinking there are quite a number of hurdles to overcome first!
IF u had cm7 installed on ur kindle and they got the bluetooth to work then u could use ur ps3 controller on ur kindle as cm7 lets u use a app called sixxaxis which lets u sync ur ps3 controller with bluetooth to ur phone and u can play games on ur phone with ur ps3 controller. It works perfectly on my sgs2 running cm7
movieaddict said:
cm7 lets u use a app called sixxaxis which lets u sync ur ps3 controller with bluetooth
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That is an interesting app for sure, never seen that before. It could be worth a shot if they overcome the Bluetooth limitation.
I might see if this works on my Droid, as I'm still skeptical about the button/touch emulation. However, it does have good reviews so it might be a good working solution.
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That is an interesting app for sure, never seen that before. It could be worth a shot if they overcome the Bluetooth limitation.
I might see if this works on my Droid, as I'm still skeptical about the button/touch emulation. However, it does have good reviews so it might be a good working solution.
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I forgot about that app, but I have heard good things about it. If they can get Bluetooth then as you said, could be our solution. In fact, I'd think it'd make the process fairly easy after that.
I haven't posted enough to create a thread in dev forum nor putting links please if some moderator wants to move this to dev and fix the urls would be great.
I just wanted to share a project that I worked on during 2018. It allows to simulate touch events in Android TV with your gamepad (mainly for Nvidia Shield TV) and play touch based games without rooting the device. It actually needs a computer connected through ADB to work so this is another point why Shield TV is best to use because it allows ADB over wifi. You can configure several gamepad inputs that map to taps in some coordinates or 'virtual joysticks' with configurable center and radius in the screen.
It has been always open source but now I'm sharing because I don't plan to work on it anymore and I welcome anyone who wants continue the development. I wrote both user guide and developer guide on how to set it up.
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapper/wiki/User-Guide
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapper/wiki/Developer-Guide
Also I made a desktop app that would make a non-developer user easier to start the ADB process. You can find both repos here:
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapper
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapperLauncher
..that's exactly what I was searching for.... but the fact that you need a pc connected via adb all the time throws me off a bit.
So, I have 2 Questions:
My Shield is rooted using Magisk. Is there a way to use the app without the need of a pc connected via adb if it has root access? I mean could you come up with sth. like that?... probably not, since you don't plan on working on it anymore :'( . I'm no dev god, I cannot do it myself.
Second question: I got the ps4 remote play app to work on my Shield and I can stream ps4 to it. However I'm unable to connect any controller to it (all controllers that work just fine elsewhere won't work in the ps4 app). Also app has possibility to register a dualshock4 controller but that also does not work.
But the app has a touchbutton overlay! Do you think your app could work to send inputs?
Edit: Wait.....reading the mapping guide of yours, I wonder: Couldn't I do this somehow with Tasker app also?
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..that's exactly what I was searching for.... but the fact that you need a pc connected via adb all the time throws me off a bit.
So, I have 2 Questions:
My Shield is rooted using Magisk. Is there a way to use the app without the need of a pc connected via adb if it has root access? I mean could you come up with sth. like that?... probably not, since you don't plan on working on it anymore :'( . I'm no dev god, I cannot do it myself.
Second question: I got the ps4 remote play app to work on my Shield and I can stream ps4 to it. However I'm unable to connect any controller to it (all controllers that work just fine elsewhere won't work in the ps4 app). Also app has possibility to register a dualshock4 controller but that also does not work.
But the app has a touchbutton overlay! Do you think your app could work to send inputs?
Edit: Wait.....reading the mapping guide of yours, I wonder: Couldn't I do this somehow with Tasker app also?
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Yeah having adb connected is kind of a bummer but it is very comfortable through wifi or ethernet.
If your device is rooted you should be able to use any app in Play Store with this purpose I think.
My app is running the code in a separated process ran by adb and receiving gamepad input from the app process. I guess a modification that runs that code from the app process if root is detected would make it work without needing adb.
I don't know about the Tasker app capabilities for this purpose.
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Yeah having adb connected is kind of a bummer but it is very comfortable through wifi or ethernet.
If your device is rooted you should be able to use any app in Play Store with this purpose I think.
My app is running the code in a separated process ran by adb and receiving gamepad input from the app process. I guess a modification that runs that code from the app process if root is detected would make it work without needing adb.
I don't know about the Tasker app capabilities for this purpose.
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I can now confirm that with root it's possible by using Tasker + AutoInput Plugin.
However it's no working solution for the ps4 remote play app The overlay of the app disappears after some time and moving the mouse it appears again, also it's disturbing.
One can register a ps4 controller in the app, which for me does not work I guess once registered the overlay disappears.
One thing I didn't try yet is the sixaxis controller app.
The idea would be then to map the ps4 controller input to a connected xbox one controller.
That's the reason I'm doing this: I want to play on my ps4 with a xbox one controller. Via win pc this seems to be possible... but I feel like it's such a waste of power..
Also there are such usb dongles that enable to do this, I should have bought one from the getgo.... But now I'm just being stubborn, I wanna make this work
Edit: Oh, forgot one thing: Do you plan on also posting this in geforce forum and r/ShieldAndroidTV subreddit? I think it would be important to have it there as well.
If you allow, I can do that and redirect any questions to this thread here, if not that's also fine. Just a thought, maybe this way you'll find someone to take over the project.
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I can now confirm that with root it's possible by using Tasker + AutoInput Plugin.
However it's no working solution for the ps4 remote play app The overlay of the app disappears after some time and moving the mouse it appears again, also it's disturbing.
One can register a ps4 controller in the app, which for me does not work I guess once registered the overlay disappears.
One thing I didn't try yet is the sixaxis controller app.
The idea would be then to map the ps4 controller input to a connected xbox one controller.
That's the reason I'm doing this: I want to play on my ps4 with a xbox one controller. Via win pc this seems to be possible... but I feel like it's such a waste of power..
Also there are such usb dongles that enable to do this, I should have bought one from the getgo.... But now I'm just being stubborn, I wanna make this work
Edit: Oh, forgot one thing: Do you plan on also posting this in geforce forum and r/ShieldAndroidTV subreddit? I think it would be important to have it there as well.
If you allow, I can do that and redirect any questions to this thread here, if not that's also fine. Just a thought, maybe this way you'll find someone to take over the project.
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Haha what you are trying to do is certainly waste of power, but I can understand the stubbornness to make it work, it happens to me all the time. This project is indeed the result of being stubborn and not wanting to root my shield.
In any case, what you are trying to do should be possible with my app and, as I said, I guess it wouldn't be too hard to make it work from rooted devices without having adb connected. For the moment I am very busy with other projects but I'll let you know if I can find some time to adapt it.
I'll post it to that reddit too, i already posted it to r/androidtvdev but didn't know about r/ShieldAndroidTV. Thanks!
Just to say, that tasker has an adb pluging that lets me send adb commands over tcp to the device its running on, lets me trully force close apps on a non root shield, maybe this combination of apps could do away with the pc requirement