Challenge Overview
Description
This challenge will implement a simple proof of concept that will implement an app for Android that can pair with another Bluetooth device and send keyboard presses as a normal HID (Human Interface Device).
Basically, it will turn an Android phone into a standard Bluetooth keyboard for a computer.
Keyboard mappings
Attached in the forum is a list of the keyboard keys we want to support sending in the app. We want to cover everything, including rewind, forward, play/pause, channel up and channel down, if possible. If we run into issues with the ones marked "N/A" in the list, we can discuss that in the forum.
UI
In the forum are a few screenshots and some images that can be used to create the UI. Only the things inside the red areas in the screenshots are in scope.
We won't have a textured background like in the screenshots - just a black background is fine for this challenge.
Example app
Here's an app that the client referenced as a good example of what we're trying to do:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.appground.blek&hl=en_GB
Possible reference code
Submission
Your submission must include:
1. The app source code, targeting Android 8+
2. A README describing how to build and deploy the app to a device
3. A validation documentation describing how to pair the app with a computer and then test the individual keys.
This challenge will implement a simple proof of concept that will implement an app for Android that can pair with another Bluetooth device and send keyboard presses as a normal HID (Human Interface Device).
Basically, it will turn an Android phone into a standard Bluetooth keyboard for a computer.
Keyboard mappings
Attached in the forum is a list of the keyboard keys we want to support sending in the app. We want to cover everything, including rewind, forward, play/pause, channel up and channel down, if possible. If we run into issues with the ones marked "N/A" in the list, we can discuss that in the forum.
UI
In the forum are a few screenshots and some images that can be used to create the UI. Only the things inside the red areas in the screenshots are in scope.
- For now, the buttons will be press-able, including up, down, left, right, and "OK" on the first screen. On the third screen, we will only implement:
- Fast forward
- Rewind
- Play/pause
- On the third screen, we will remove the info, record, CC, back, stop, Forward, A, B, C, D buttons
- Replace two of the buttons removed above with channel up and channel down buttons for now (Button text can just be "CH up" and "CH down")
- Replace two of the buttons removed above with page up and page down buttons for now (Button text can just be "PG up" and "PG down")
We won't have a textured background like in the screenshots - just a black background is fine for this challenge.
Example app
Here's an app that the client referenced as a good example of what we're trying to do:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.appground.blek&hl=en_GB
Possible reference code
Submission
Your submission must include:
1. The app source code, targeting Android 8+
2. A README describing how to build and deploy the app to a device
3. A validation documentation describing how to pair the app with a computer and then test the individual keys.