Impossible scrolling with air mouse

Marty said:
Thanks but I really need the name and model of the other brands you mentioned so I can compare the ROMs to make sure this definitely an OS issue.
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mkken1 said:
I also have mouse control scrolling problem for most applications. Some applications screens just couldn’t even drag so have to use the remote keyboard for scrolling the screen. It is very tedious. Hope the next firmware update can improve mouse control scrolling. Thanks
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Villa said:
Please list those apps!
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@MegaByte1970 please reply to @Marty too please.
Marty said:
Could you please tell me the name and model of these other brands so I can compare the ROMs against the U9 and U22 ROMs. My understanding is that this is a "touch-action" CSS property issue within the coding of the app itself which affects scrolling in Android 6 and above, but I am happy to be proven wrong if the other brand ROMs prove otherwise.
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Marty said:
Thanks but I really need the name and model of the other brands you mentioned so I can compare the ROMs to make sure this definitely an OS issue.
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Marty said:
Thanks but I really need the name and model of the other brands you mentioned so I can compare the ROMs to make sure this definitely an OS issue.
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For example, two tv box models that do not have the mouse control scrolling issue are:
- H96 Pro Plus (Android 7)
- Xiaomi Mi Box S (Android TV 8.1)
 
MegaByte1970 said:
Another tv box for the list above:
Tanix 9Tpro (Android 7.1)
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Can you please check this box model, I do not see it on Tanix nor find it in a Google search, the closest I find is the TX9 Pro, S912 Android 7.1.2, this I could compare against the U9, it is important I have the exact model that has been confirmed working to you.

The Xiaomi Mi Box S is no good as this is Android TV so Chrome would have to be sideloaded and what we are trying to do here is avoid hacks and tricks. I want to get to the root cause of the official Google Play Store version not scrolling.

I have downloaded the firmware for the H96 Pro Plus and will take a look but it will be time consuming.
 
Small update, I have narrowed this down to "MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_MOUSE" vs "touch events".

The apps that do not support scrolling (Android 6 and above) take the air-mouse to be a standard mouse for the input device so when sending the command Click + drag it produces drag-highlight just as it would with a standard mouse left click instead of drag-scroll. To prove this simply plug a normal mouse with a scroll wheel into the Minix and the same result is produced, left click selects text while the scroll wheel will scroll the page. The exception is of course with the apps that support (left click) scrolling, Google Play Store for example, left mouse click on a standard mouse produces the scroll as does the scroll wheel.

Now, Minix firmware (Amlogic really) above Android 5 obviously have a different approach or protocol when it comes to input devices as this is proved when comparing Chrome scrolling on the U1 vs the U9 with an air-mouse, to fix this I am afraid to say is above my pay grade but I assume this can be overcome system wide.

So I reach out to @MINIX - John and @MINIX – Martin, can you check with your engineers first or direct the query to Amlogic on how this can be rectified system wide if at all. Basically the Minix air-mouse range need to be identified by the OS as a mouse without a scroll wheel (touch events). I feel it justified as it does affect a lot of legitimate main stream apps available on Google Play Store, thanks.
 
Marty said:
Small update, I have narrowed this down to "MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_MOUSE" vs "touch events".

The apps that do not support scrolling (Android 6 and above) take the air-mouse to be a standard mouse for the input device so when sending the command Click + drag it produces drag-highlight just as it would with a standard mouse left click instead of drag-scroll. To prove this simply plug a normal mouse with a scroll wheel into the Minix and the same result is produced, left click selects text while the scroll wheel will scroll the page. The exception is of course with the apps that support (left click) scrolling, Google Play Store for example, left mouse click on a standard mouse produces the scroll as does the scroll wheel.

Now, Minix firmware (Amlogic really) above Android 5 obviously have a different approach or protocol when it comes to input devices as this is proved when comparing Chrome scrolling on the U1 vs the U9 with an air-mouse, to fix this I am afraid to say is above my pay grade but I assume this can be overcome system wide.

So I reach out to @MINIX - John and @MINIX – Martin, can you check with your engineers first or direct the query to Amlogic on how this can be rectified system wide if at all. Basically the Minix air-mouse range need to be identified by the OS as a mouse without a scroll wheel (touch events). I feel it justified as it does affect a lot of legitimate main stream apps available on Google Play Store, thanks.
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thank you very much for all you are doing to solve this serious problem! Thanks thanks thanks! I love you :giggle:
 
@MINIX - John @MINIX – Martin something along these lines?

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
- if (event.getToolType(0) == MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_MOUSE) {
- return handleMouseEvent(event);
- } else {
- return handleMotionEvent(event);
- }
@Override
public boolean onMotionEvent(MotionEvent event) {
final int action = event.getActionMasked();
if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_SCROLL) {
if (event.getDownTime() >= mLastDownTime) {
mLastDownTime = event.getDownTime();[/CODE]
 
This is definitely a HUGE drawback for me. I always refused to purchase android tv boxes because I found that using the air mouse to scroll on various apps with Minix Android boxes to be SO convenient.

Also, nother issue is with Kodi, the moment you move the air mouse when playing a video, the player indicator also moves to the air mouse position. It's terribly frustrating, it makes Kodi basically unusable.

If this is not fixable, I'm going to return my box. And just a get an android tv.

@MINIX - John and @MINIX – Martin can we finally have an update on this please?
 
manc18 said:
Also, nother issue is with Kodi, the moment you move the air mouse when playing a video, the player indicator also moves to the air mouse position. It's terribly frustrating, it makes Kodi basically unusable.
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I've never come across that with Kodi, what air mouse are you using?
 
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