Listen Keyboard events in AIR for iOS? [HELP]

Question

It works in the browser...  Is there any way in AIR to do this for iOS ?

Answer 1

Hi, this is an old post but it is related to issues that still in Adobe AIR 3.7, I have the same situation implementing an iCade controller, I have solved the problem creating an iCade proxy that use a hidden TextField to capture text change events that are mapped into keyboard events and finally dispatched to the game listener. This is the code so far, it works but is not optimized, im sure you can optimize and remove the useless code from here:
package {
          import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;
          import flash.display.FocusDirection;
          import flash.display.Sprite;
          import flash.events.Event;
          import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
          import flash.events.MouseEvent;
          import flash.events.TouchEvent;
          import flash.text.TextField;
          import flash.text.TextInteractionMode;
          import flash.ui.Keyboard;
           * ICadeProxy
           * @author Juan Fernando Vélez Melguizo - © Copyright 3DLogical - www.3dlogical.com
          public class ICadeProxy extends Sprite {
                    private var fireKeysDown:String = "yuihjk";
                    private var fireKeysUp:String = "tfmrnp";
                    public var inputField:TextField;
                    public function ICadeProxy() {
                              if (stage) {
                                        init();
                              } else {
                                        addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
                    private function init(e:Event = null):void {
                              removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
                              inputField = this.inputFieldSource;
                              initKeyboardCapture();
                    public function initKeyboardCapture():void {
               inputField.text = "";
                              inputField.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, doKeyChange);
                              inputField.addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, doRefocus);
                              inputField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick); // This is for debug only
                              recoverFocus();
                    public function doClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
                              trace("CLICKED ME:" + e.currentTarget);
                    public function dispose():void {
                              inputField.removeEventListener(Event.CHANGE, doKeyChange);
                              inputField.removeEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, doRefocus);
                              stage.focus = null;
                    private function doRefocus(e:Event):void {
                              recoverFocus();
                    public function recoverFocus():void {
                              stage.focus = this;
                              stage.focus = inputField;
                              inputField.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK, false, false, 384, 512, inputField));
                              inputField.text = "";
                              inputField.requestSoftKeyboard();
                    private function doKeyChange(e:Event):void {
                              var t:String = inputField.text;
                              var k:String = t.charAt(t.length - 1);
                              var eventType:String = "";
                              var newKey:uint = 0;
                              if (k == "w") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.UP;
                              if (k == "x") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.DOWN;
                              if (k == "a") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.LEFT;
                              if (k == "d") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.RIGHT;
                              if (k == "e") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.UP;
                              if (k == "z") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.DOWN;
                              if (k == "q") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.LEFT;
                              if (k == "c") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.RIGHT;
                              if (k == "o") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.Q;
                              if (k == "l") {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.P;
                              if (fireKeysDown.indexOf(k) != -1) {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.SPACE;
                              } else
                              if (fireKeysUp.indexOf(k) != -1) {
                                        eventType = KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP;
                                        newKey = Keyboard.SPACE;
                              stage.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent(eventType, true, false, 0, newKey));