Hi all! I have a custom air mouse that should be able to "communicate" with Android TV. When I click...

# compose-android

[Peter Enyedi]

Hi all!
I have a custom air mouse that should be able to "communicate" with Android TV. When I click with this mouse, it sends an ENTER key event instead of a click. I'm developing a Compose app for Android TV and the built-in buttons, tabs, etc, don't handle this event. How could I interpret this ENTER event as a click event? Thanks!
I have already tried

Modifier.onKeyEvent {
   if (it.key == Key.Enter) {
      onClick()
      true
   } else false
}

but doesn't seem to work. 😕

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

Please file a feature request, I thought we supported this but maybe TV is doing something different

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

Wait, how does that code not work? Is compose not even getting the Enter key event?

[Peter Enyedi]

Actually I'm using Compose for TV, so maybe this is why (still in alpha).
But yeah, debugger not even stopping at if

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

But you’re seeing the key event in a View?

[Peter Enyedi]

yes.
Also I noticed that when a component (tab, button) is in focus, then this ENTER event is handled as a click, without doing any extra, without adding the onKeyEvent modifier.

[Peter Enyedi]

Should I move the focus to the given component when I hover over with cursor?

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

Ah. Key events are only delivered to the focused node. If the node isn’t focused, it won’t get any events. Focusing on hover seems like a reasonable workaround for such an odd device

[Peter Enyedi]

tried with general usb mouse, works the same way, click is interpreted only when component is focused

[Peter Enyedi]

Any idea how to do focusing on hover?