B4A Library SendInput - Emulate user input within your app

SendInput Library v0.2

* v0.2 31/03/2014
Added: SwipeParams - Now allowing the delay between each swipe pulse to be increased or decreased.
Moved: 'Step' parameter from SendSwipe to SwipeParams

This library allows you to emulate user input within the application. You can send key codes, a string of keys, a single touch tap, and swipe actions.

To begin using the library you simply define a variable:

Sub Globals
    ' define a variable for the SendInput library
    Dim si As SendInput
End Sub

That's all. The following commands can now be used to send/emulate user input:

' Send a single keycode
si.SendKeyCode(KeyCodes.KEYCODE_TAB)

' Send a string of keys
si.SendKeys("Hello")

' Send a touch tap to absolute coordinate 300,200
si.SendTap(300,200)

' Send a swipe action from absolute coordinates 60,70 to 200,300
si.SendSwipe(60,70 , 200,300)

' Change the swipe parameters.
' Here, the steps between each swipe point are set to 50 and the
' delay between each swipe point to 25ms.
' NOTE: It may be necessary to increase the delay for older devices in order
' to allow time for the system to pick up each swipe point.
si.SwipeParams(50,25)

The download link (below) includes a demo to test out the library.

Download the library from here - DOWNLOAD

 

[JakeBullet70]

Thanks!

 

[Beja]

Jim,
Thank you so much for this very very important library. This lib is specially important and useful for presentation and educational Apps.

God bless you!

 

[carchek]

HI!
Your library is out of this world, just what I needed for my project!
But I have a question. How can I make, da app saves current location on screen and then after 5 seconds scrolls down until user presses a button?
I am using it as si.sendSwipe; And using it to scroll down a website opened in WebBrowser1.
Thanks.

Gregor

 

[Jim Brown]

Hello Gegor,
You can achieve the above with a timer. See attached example.
Click Start AutoScroll button to begin the auto-scroll action. The webpage will scroll every 5 seconds.
Press the button again to stop the auto-scrolling.

 

[carchek]

You are very kind! Here, take my like.

 

[Jim Brown]

Library updated. Added a SwipeParams setting applicable for the swipe action.
Note that the SendSwipe() Step parameter has now been moved to the SwipeParams().

 

[G-ShadoW]

Is it possible to send 'service commands' with your library?
For example, on samsung mobile phone's you have many options for engineer menu.
*#0011# or *#197328640# etc, is this posible ?
I have try but without succsess.

 

[G-ShadoW]

I have found a way to send non ussd commands like *#*#197328640#*#* all working ok (without your library)
but I cant send any command using si.SendKeyCode(KeyCodes.KEYCODE_MENU) etc...
can your library work also from service module ?

 

[Jim Brown]

Hi G-ShadoW
My (simple) library can only mimic inputs to the program you create.
One idea, have you looked at Tasker in the Play store? This is a great tool and far more advanced in terms of allowing external control.

 

[G-ShadoW]

Thx for reply, is there any other way to programaticaly send command for menu pressed?

 

[Jim Brown]

Yes, but I don't have access to my PC for a while so I can't recall the name of the MENU keycode
Perhaps ...

si.SendKeyCode(KeyCodes.KEYCODE_MENU) ?

 

[G-ShadoW]

Yes, but I don't have access to my PC for a while so I can't recall the name of the MENU keycode
Perhaps ...

si.SendKeyCode(KeyCodes.KEYCODE_MENU) ?

No, this is not working even phone is rooted!

 

[Jim Brown]

Does the sample demo work?
The SendKeys buttion runs a series of key strokes and single key clicks as follows:

Sub btn_SendKeys_Click
    Select Rnd(1,8)
        Case 1 : si.SendKeys("Basic")
        Case 2 : si.SendKeys("Android")
        Case 3 : si.SendKeys("Hello")
        Case 4 : si.SendKeys(" ")
        Case 5 : si.SendKeys("123")
        Case 6 : si.SendKeyCode(KeyCodes.KEYCODE_DEL)
        Case 7 : si.SendKeyCode(KeyCodes.KEYCODE_MENU)
    End Select
End Sub

 

[Herbert32]

DOWNLOAD[/URL]

It seems that this Library has been deleted and stays in the authors Bin at google-drive.

Dear Jim, can you please make this library available again?

or maybe someone who downloaded it earlier can share it please?

thank you in advance.

 

[Jim Brown]

Hello Herbert,
I have re-uploaded the file and repaired the link above. Hopefully the library still works after all the Android version changes.

 

[DonManfred]

Hopefully the library still works after all the Android version changes.

i did a quick test. It works; even when setting the targetsdk to 26. Tested on Samsung Note 8, Android 8

Thank you for re-uploading!

 

[Herbert32]

Thank you, Jim,

it works perfectly on my target device with android 4.2.2

great to see how the community here helps

 

[Jim Brown]

Great! Thanks DonManfred and Herbert. I'm happy to hear it still works.

 

[Inman]

@Jim Brown could you please take a look at this post of mine regarding using SendInput to simulate volume key?

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-simulate-volume-key-press-inside-camera.112031