Wish Display on an external screen

[antonomase]

Hi,

Is it possible to detect in a b4a application if an external screen is connected to the tablet or phone ?
by a microHDMI-HDMI cable or by a Miracast/DLNA device (supported in Android 4.2) ?

If it is possible,
- can a b4a application get the width and height of the external screen ?
- can a b4a application activate or desactivate the display on the external screen ?

Thanks

 

[Erel]

The last time I checked it there were no APIs in Android to access an external monitor or get information about it.

 

[antonomase]

Thanks for your answer

Wait and see...

 

[antonomase]

Perhaps something like "secondary displays" on this page ?
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.2.html#SecondaryDisplays

 

[Erel]

It will require a new library. I've moved the thread to the "wish" forum.

 

[antonomase]

I complete the wish :
It seems that it is possible to have two different displays on the two screens.

I'm very interrested in such a library because I write a scoring application wich displays some views in a right zone and other views in a left zone.

When the referree is in front of the external monitor, i want just the normal duplication of the tablet screen to the monitor.
When the referree is behind the external monitor, i want he can choose an reverse mode where the application displays the views of the right zone at the left and the views of left zone at the right.

If someone can write this library, I can help to test and debug it.