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Is there a vnc client for android that supports forwarding special key combos, such as super+return? (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’ve been looking around, and with every vnc cliend I can find, when I press for example super+return, the vnc client gets backgrounded and the android “desktop” is shown.

Does anyone know of a client that actually captures the keyboard?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

AVNC is open source and it at least has a mini keyboard where you can queue Super to be held with your next keypress

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.gaurav.avnc/

If you're using a USB or Bluetooth keyboard, it's probably not possible for you to use your actual super key on it. That gets translated to "Home" in Android which is why you go back to your launcher. For whatever you're trying to do, software keys is probably the only option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

ah, that's a bummer, well thanks for the help anyways!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is Super+Return a system hotkey combo on Android?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

at least on my galaxy tab, super or super+anything takes you to the home screen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have a feeling that might not be possible to override for an app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah i have the same suspicion, I was hoping to be wrong