[Snippit][Java]Use PC Keyboard on phone using ADB - Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]

I always get kinda annoyed when I have to write a lot of text on my phone, the psychical keyboard of a pc is much better of course. so I decided to make script that converts your key presses to direct input on your phone. it uses an adb line for each character you type, so you may imagine it will get spammed when you type to fast. Also not all keys are defined, I did:
-- A-Z
-- 0-9
-- "space", "backspace" and "enter"
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Not even finished 50% but just sharing this snippit
KeyEventDemo.java
(this is a native java app (.jar))
Code:
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// Created by broodplank
package main;
/*
* KeyEventDemo
*/
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.Console;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.*;
public class KeyEventDemo extends JFrame
implements KeyListener,
ActionListener
{
JTextArea displayArea;
JTextField typingArea;
static final String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Use an appropriate Look and Feel */
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event-dispatching thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
KeyEventDemo frame = new KeyEventDemo("CapKeyToAndroid");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Set up the content pane.
frame.addComponentsToPane();
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private void addComponentsToPane() {
JButton button = new JButton("Clear");
button.addActionListener(this);
typingArea = new JTextField(20);
typingArea.addKeyListener(this);
//Uncomment this if you wish to turn off focus
//traversal. The focus subsystem consumes
//focus traversal keys, such as Tab and Shift Tab.
//If you uncomment the following line of code, this
//disables focus traversal and the Tab events will
//become available to the key event listener.
//typingArea.setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(false);
displayArea = new JTextArea();
displayArea.setEditable(false);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(displayArea);
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(375, 125));
getContentPane().add(typingArea, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
getContentPane().add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
}
public KeyEventDemo(String name) {
super(name);
}
/** Handle the key pressed event from the text field. */
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
try {
int keyCode = e.getKeyCode();
int KeyCode = (keyCode);
System.out.println(KeyCode);
// a to z
if (KeyCode>64) {
if (KeyCode<91) {
int KeyCode1 = (keyCode-36);
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("adb shell input keyevent "+KeyCode1);
}
}
//chars 0 to 9
if (KeyCode>47) {
if (KeyCode<58) {
int KeyCode1 = (keyCode-41);
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("adb shell input keyevent "+KeyCode1);
}
}
//backspace
if (KeyCode==8) {
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("adb shell input keyevent 67");
}
//enter
if (KeyCode==10) {
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("adb shell input keyevent 66");
}
//space
if (KeyCode==32) {
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("adb shell input keyevent 62");
}
} catch (IOException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
/** Handle the button click. */
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//Clear the text components.
displayArea.setText("");
typingArea.setText("");
//Return the focus to the typing area.
typingArea.requestFocusInWindow();
}
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}

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Why make it difficult? Why not otg with a usb keyboard ?
Its a good idea but I'm unsure why it would be needed when it can be done directly on the device.
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JustSueMe said:
Why make it difficult? Why not otg with a usb keyboard ?
Its a good idea but I'm unsure why it would be needed when it can be done directly on the device.
Sent from my I9505ro.product.brand=samsung using xda app-developers app
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Or better yet, just use a BT keyboard and be done/

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Take a look at this. Works well, I use it almost daily.
https://sites.google.com/site/droidskm/

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FrozenDragoon said:
Take a look at this. Works well, I use it almost daily.
https://sites.google.com/site/droidskm/
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Eww windows program. Shoo shoo.
d[-_-]b
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otg is better of course, I agree, just sharing some snippets now and then that might be useful for developers.