Can I simulate button presses of buttons on a keyboard with the Java Robot class (Java.awt.robot)?

Question

I use Arduino Uno to connect a (genuine) SNES controller to my computer via USB or Bluetooth.

Arduino captures controller buttons and releases using the snespad library . It conveys button presses and releases in the form of characters (for example, “a” for pressing A, “A” for releasing “A”). The Java program then listens for serial output using the rxtx library . Finally, the Java robot simulates keystrokes using keyPress and keyRelease .

Unfortunately, this approach has several drawbacks. The main problem is key mapping. I kind of arbitrarily decided which buttons would be keyboard keys.

There is no KeyEvents game panel in Java. When I say "KeyEvent game panel", I mean something like the Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html (ctrl + f "game panel" or "button ".)

My question is, is there a way to simulate clicking a mouse button instead of keys using the Java robot class?

Answer 1

USING THE ROBOT CLASS IN JAVA

You can create virtual keys / releases as follows ...

Robot robo=new Robot(); robo.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_A); //don't forget to release it else you'll land up in infinite loop robo.KeyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_A); 

amuses

Answer 2

You should be able to easily from my experience, the gamepad buttons are displayed on the keyboard buttons, the only mapping I know is i, j, k, l going to look around and w, a, s, d go to move