Inputs not working on some Google TVs

[wirtualka85]

Hello

I have installed droidVNC-. NG 2.7.3 on TCL 75C805 Google TV.
On the TV I have granted all permissions to the droidVNC-NG application.

I connect from a computer with UltraVNC.
Remote mouse and keyboard do not work.

Only the ESC, END and HOME buttons on the keyboard work.

Please repair.

TODOs

• implement basic DPAD focus nav
• grab focus on app start / window change / focus nav fail -> nav fail for now
• use GLOBAL_ACTION_DPAD_* on API >= 33
• implement focus nav via Tab
• retest with multiline edit widgets
• fix client list

[bk138]

Thanks for your report! I tested this on a Google TV emulator, it works there.

Can you please try to:

• check that accessibility service for droidVNC-NG is enabled in Settings
  • switch it off and on again and retry
• if that does not work, get a complete logcat output of the error case
• try another remote desktop app to see if it has the same issues? IIRC anydesk has a TV version as well...

[wirtualka85]

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AnyDesk
The keyboard only works after installing AnyDesk plugin ad1.
The mouse doesn't work.

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droidVNC-NG

I tested with other VNC clients, same behavior.
I checked availability a few times.
Without accessibility the ESC, END and HOME keys do not work.

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My workaround.
On the computer I see the TV desktop in application UltraVNC.
I control the TV from my phone using the Google TV app.

[bk138]

@wirtualka85 can we close this issue then?

[wirtualka85]

No.
The droidVNC-. NG 2.7.3 application does not work properly with TV.
I will perform tests on another TV Google TV TCL 65c645 and let you know if the application works or not.

[bk138]

You can try that. I fear that there are bugs in the underlying a11y implementation if other apps are also not working.

[bk138]

You can also give alphavnc a try, please post the results here if you do so.

[bk138]

Tentatively closing, feel free to post info here once available, we can then re-open.

[cannondale0815]

Also having this issue of not being able to send mouse clicks across to the Android TV that's running droidVNC 2.8.0. It's a Phillips TPM191E with Android TV 11.

I am using TightVNC viewer on a Windows 11 PC. Keyboard shortcuts like ESC work fine. But mouse clicking doesn't work, so I have no way of navigating the TV remotely.

Thank you for this excellent piece of software btw, I am using it successfully on my parent's mobile phones to provide remote support to them :)

[bk138]

@cannondale0815 thanks for reporting. If at all possible, I need logcat output, best annotated with what you were trying at a specific timestamp.

[pozineg]

Hi,

I can confirm the same issue user wirtualka85 reported earlier. What happens on my both Google TVs was described in Exact words. I'm opening this unresolved issue again as it has been previously closed for some reason.

I've tried all your suggestions plus restart/reinstall but nothing works. Would you mind trying to resolve it?

Logcat dumped while running both: app with all privileges allowed and vnc connection active - logcat.txt

Thanks