How do we setup a virtual keyboard for flash games targeting android devices ?

[shamse_tabriz]

Hello all

i have made a road crossing game with keyboard controls to move the objects. the game was actually developed for desktop. now, i have published a .apk version and it works well on android devices, except for the fact that i am not able to use the Keyboard Keys to make the objects move. Can anybody please tell me if there is any way i can overcome this problem. Is there any way that i can make the Up, Down, Left and Right keys (virtual keys) appear on the game screen and use them as if like i was using the keyboard keys.

thanks in advance

[kglad]

are you using a keyboardevent listener for the stage?

and what's the problem using virtual keys (actually interactiveobjects)?

[shamse_tabriz]

@kglad

Sir, thank you for your willingness to help

For my Desk Top version of the game i used a Key Board Event Listener, but not for the stage.

For my Android version of the game i used a Mouse Event Listener, since i do not have access to a keyboard anymore.

This is the code that i used for the Desk Top version. (Letters A to Z are movie clips icons that we have to make them cross from one side of the road to the other without being hit by the vehicles).

letterA.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, moveLetA);

function moveLetA(e:KeyboardEvent):void{

if (e.keyCode == Keyboard.RIGHT){ letterA.x +=4;}

if (e.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT){ letterA.x -=4;}

if (e.keyCode == Keyboard.UP){ letterA.y -=4;}

if (e.keyCode == Keyboard.DOWN){ letterA.y +=4;}

}

letterA.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, stopLetA);

function stopLetA(e:KeyboardEvent):void{

letterA.stopDrag();

}

For the android version of the game since i could not use the Keyboard Keys anymore, i created four arrow key movie clips (up, down, right and left and gave them the instance names of rightK, leftK, upK, downK) thinking that if i continued to press down on each of these keys it would move the target object "continuously" in that direction. But when i attempt this, it moves the object by only 4 pixels for each press. So i have to press (tap) repeatedly to make the object move continuously, 4 pixels for each tap.

This is the code that i tried for the android version of the game:

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, movLetA);

function movLetA(e:MouseEvent):void{

if (e.target == rightK){letterA.x +=4;}

if (e.target == leftK){letterA.x -=4;}

if (e.target == upK){letterA.y -=4;}

if (e.target == downK){letterA.y +=4;}

}

In case my question was not properly phrased, i would like to kindly mention it once again. What i would like to know is , "if there is any way that i can make four

directional movie clips (eg., Up, Down, Right & Left) and write the code in such a way that, when i press and hold down on any of these movie clips, it would simulate the function of  a Keyboard Event and continue to move the target object in the respective direction".

with best regards

shams

[kglad]

use your mousedown event to start an enterframe loop that moves your movieclip and use a mouseup event to stop the enterframe loop.