KOReader on android and external keyboards

[Copyistmonk]

Hi! First of all, I would like to thank KOReader people, it is by far the best pdf reader, seriously!

Now, sorry if its obvious or already been asked, but I cant find any satisfactory answer.

Can I use an external keyboard to take notes on android KOReader? I tried connect a bluetooth keyboard and USB keyboard, but cant type anything neither it catches any keypresses, but some letters apears on file select menu ( Q, W, E, R, etc.) on the files, like it would open then if I press the respective key, but nothing happens. It see that a keyboard is connect, but doesnt seen to work, am I doing something wrong?

Also, this github page says it works:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/4671

Hope someone can help me, thanks in advance!

[pazos]

Originally Posted by Copyistmonk

Can I use an external keyboard to take notes on android KOReader?

No.

Originally Posted by Copyistmonk

Also, this github page says it works:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/4671

Yup. My answer there wasn't clear enough, mostly because github tickets are not meant to be understood by end users. At least not without context.

The ticket you've linked states that bluetooth keyboards do work already: we can receive key events and map those to actions.

The same answer tells you what's missing, not directly but by pointing to the implementation on other platforms: when a widget with an input field is focused interpret key events as characters.

This is the required part to be able to write text using a keyboard (bluetooth or not) on android. Sadly it requires an implementation which nobody did yet. It is detailed in https://github.com/koreader/android-...ment-961005237

[Copyistmonk]

Got it, thanks for explain it to me! I was just about to buy one to take my notes easier, haha, guess I will wait a little bit more