Accessing Nvidia Shield Long Press Remote Actions

[SAJ]

I have an Nvidia Shield 2017 model, and I am successfully using a recent version Flirc with my programmable remote for most of the functionality. My remote is android software running on a tablet. I have spent quite a bit of time searching for an answer to this, and I'll apologize in advance if I have missed a conclusive answer. There has been quite a bit of discussion of this issue, but I haven't found a solution for me. I do have the Android TV app on my phone that makes it easy to access the missing functionality, but my goal, as always, is to do everything with one remote.

Is there any way to make the Flirc send a long key press to the Shield? In particular, accessing context menus would be useful.

If not, does anyone know of alternative codes that can be sent to the Shield for these functions that don't require a long press?

If the answer is no, then I can quit searching.

Thanks for any feedback.

[jason]

On 10/14/2024 at 9:02 AM, SAJ said:

I have an Nvidia Shield 2017 model, and I am successfully using a recent version Flirc with my programmable remote for most of the functionality. My remote is android software running on a tablet. I have spent quite a bit of time searching for an answer to this, and I'll apologize in advance if I have missed a conclusive answer. There has been quite a bit of discussion of this issue, but I haven't found a solution for me. I do have the Android TV app on my phone that makes it easy to access the missing functionality, but my goal, as always, is to do everything with one remote.

Is there any way to make the Flirc send a long key press to the Shield? In particular, accessing context menus would be useful.

If not, does anyone know of alternative codes that can be sent to the Shield for these functions that don't require a long press?

If the answer is no, then I can quit searching.

Thanks for any feedback.

Yes, done in two ways.

Android supports long press I believe, so if the key supports it, it should just work if it's recorded correctly.

Second, flirc-usb has support built in too, so if the device doesn't support it, it will send a secondary command if you hold down the key.