How Configure Hardware Controller with DroidMote First Time
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Hardware Controller also without a Phone
From Android 4.3 in DroidMote Client you can have another usefull feature, the droidmoteIME.
One of the functionalities that you can do with the droidmoteIME is to run on the same android device both the Client and the Server and connect via the loopback address 127.0.0.1
In this way you can use the touch profiles of DroidMote to play multi touch games also with an hardware controller connected directly to the Android TV box.
When you use the droidmoteIME, you can control the Mouse or the Touch Mouse with the right stick of your hardware controller and click with the Left Trigger. You can control every app and game with your controller and write with your voice on any app.
To switch between mouse mode and normal mode, you can press the START button of your hardware controller.
When you are in mouse mode:
R1: switch between Mouse and Touch Mouse
ThumbR: switch between Gamepad2Touch and normal controller mode
ThumbL: select differents Touch Profiles
X: open voice dictation to write with your voice on every app
Y: delete text
A: act as Enter key
To switch between input method editors ( IME ) you can long press on the keyboard icon of DroidMote Client or from the Android settings.