Bluetooth Keyboard

Clown · 12-28-2014

Hiya, I know this topic has been posted before on this website but I want to know if anyone has any unofficial methods to make this work;

I had bought a wireless Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad mini and wanted to test it out. It's a good keyboard, does the job I wanted it to, however when I tried playing Graal with it, no keys would move my player.

After a little research it became clear to me that this is because the keyboards are not supported, and in 2012 Stefan tried making it support but it didn't end up working.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows how I can maybe create a hotkey/shortcut so that when I press the left arrow key on my keyboard it would hold down an area of my screen? I am jailbroken so if it means downloading a tweak I will.
I am currently using iOS 8 so BeeKeyboard will not work for me

Small update, after restarting my iPad some features work. I.e pressing '1' will enable strafe movement and pressing the keys I, J, K and L move my player but in a start-stop fashion. Kind of jittery when you try and quickly transition from one key to another. Arrow keys are totally dysfunctional still though

Neil · 12-28-2014

I'm having exactly the same problem with my iPad Air 2. keyboard - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ilpage_o05_s00

Doesn't work well on the Skyrider or Facebook client either. ( I used puffin flash browser to play Skyrider, FB on my IPad.

Midori · 12-31-2014

I believe the jailbreak tweak BluTrol may have the functionality you seek. It allows you to take a screenshot of the game and then overlay different keys to certain areas of the screen. Pressing the keys will equate to touching that area of the screen. The problem is that BluTrol may not be updated to support the latest versions of iOS.

Another tweak is Controllers For All, which allows you to connect a keyboard (amongst a list of other supported controllers such as the Wii U Pro and Dual Shock 3) to an iOS device and use it if it were a native iOS game controller. I cannot confirm how well a QWERTY keyboard would work for Graal using this method, though.

Clown · 12-31-2014

Posted by Midori

I believe the jailbreak tweak BluTrol may have the functionality you seek. It allows you to take a screenshot of the game and then overlay different keys to certain areas of the screen. Pressing the keys will equate to touching that area of the screen. The problem is that BluTrol may not be updated to support the latest versions of iOS.

Another tweak is Controllers For All, which allows you to connect a keyboard (amongst a list of other supported controllers such as the Wii U Pro and Dual Shock 3) to an iOS device and use it if it were a native iOS game controller. I cannot confirm how well a QWERTY keyboard would work for Graal using this method, though.

Thank you so much for your contribution

BluTrol sounds perfect for what I need, but as stated it doesn't match my iOS version sadly.

I installed Controllers for All however it seems as though I can't customise the controls needed.

I'll try and wait for a new version of BluTrol, if not I'll change my iOS version

Midori · 12-31-2014

Posted by Clown

Thank you so much for your contribution

BluTrol sounds perfect for what I need, but as stated it doesn't match my iOS version sadly.

I installed Controllers for All however it seems as though I can't customise the controls needed.

I'll try and wait for a new version of BluTrol, if not I'll change my iOS version

Sorry I couldn't find the exact solution.
I tried Controllers for All a bit and it for some reason Graal does not respond to the Bluetooth keyboard I tested (typing text works fine). Perhaps this was the same issue that Stefan encountered when trying to add keyboard support.

BluTrol has not seen any recent updates and the developer has been quiet lately. I don't know if it will be updated any time soon for iOS 8. Perhaps an alternative approach would be to use Controllers for All with a cheap third-party Dual Shock 3 controller, which was what I tried when first testing CFA.

5hift · 01-01-2015

Controllers for All does work with Graal but in my experiences with it, it's really weird and not all apps have remapping options making it very difficult to play with.

Aguzo · 01-01-2015

iCade is what allows an iDevice to use a bluetooth controller for physical keys on a game, but you need an app called beekeyboard $2.99, and that should let you use your bluetooth keyboard on your iDevice. If you will be using any other game which does not have bluetooth iCade support for playing the game, then you will need blutrol which does require a jailbreak. Beekeyboard has a free ad-on called iCade Helper, which allows you to use a keyboard as a game controller. Since Graal has controller support for idevice, I think you should only need Beekeyboard + the free ad-on iCade Helper. Good luck.

Clown · 01-01-2015

Posted by Hikaru

iCade is what allows an iDevice to use a bluetooth controller for physical keys on a game, but you need an app called beekeyboard $2.99, and that should let you use your bluetooth keyboard on your iDevice. If you will be using any other game which does not have bluetooth iCade support for playing the game, then you will need blutrol which does require a jailbreak. Beekeyboard has a free ad-on called iCade Helper, which allows you to use a keyboard as a game controller. Since Graal has controller support for idevice, I think you should only need Beekeyboard + the free ad-on iCade Helper. Good luck.

Posted by Clown

I am currently using iOS 8 so BeeKeyboard will not work for me

Thanks for the contribution

. Unfortunately for iOS 8 users, BeeKeyboard doesn't support it. But for anyone who isn't on iOS 7 im sure this will be useful :p

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Clown Circus Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London Posts: 2,090	Hiya, I know this topic has been posted before on this website but I want to know if anyone has any unofficial methods to make this work; I had bought a wireless Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad mini and wanted to test it out. It's a good keyboard, does the job I wanted it to, however when I tried playing Graal with it, no keys would move my player. After a little research it became clear to me that this is because the keyboards are not supported, and in 2012 Stefan tried making it support but it didn't end up working. I'm just wondering if anyone knows how I can maybe create a hotkey/shortcut so that when I press the left arrow key on my keyboard it would hold down an area of my screen? I am jailbroken so if it means downloading a tweak I will. I am currently using iOS 8 so BeeKeyboard will not work for me Small update, after restarting my iPad some features work. I.e pressing '1' will enable strafe movement and pressing the keys I, J, K and L move my player but in a start-stop fashion. Kind of jittery when you try and quickly transition from one key to another. Arrow keys are totally dysfunctional still though

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Neil Banned Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 988	I'm having exactly the same problem with my iPad Air 2. keyboard - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ilpage_o05_s00 Doesn't work well on the Skyrider or Facebook client either. ( I used puffin flash browser to play Skyrider, FB on my IPad.

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Midori No. Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 194	I believe the jailbreak tweak BluTrol may have the functionality you seek. It allows you to take a screenshot of the game and then overlay different keys to certain areas of the screen. Pressing the keys will equate to touching that area of the screen. The problem is that BluTrol may not be updated to support the latest versions of iOS. Another tweak is Controllers For All, which allows you to connect a keyboard (amongst a list of other supported controllers such as the Wii U Pro and Dual Shock 3) to an iOS device and use it if it were a native iOS game controller. I cannot confirm how well a QWERTY keyboard would work for Graal using this method, though.

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5hift ✔️TURBO✔️VERIFIED✔️ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Larunda Relay Posts: 6,481	Controllers for All does work with Graal but in my experiences with it, it's really weird and not all apps have remapping options making it very difficult to play with.

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Aguzo Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 3,027	iCade is what allows an iDevice to use a bluetooth controller for physical keys on a game, but you need an app called beekeyboard $2.99, and that should let you use your bluetooth keyboard on your iDevice. If you will be using any other game which does not have bluetooth iCade support for playing the game, then you will need blutrol which does require a jailbreak. Beekeyboard has a free ad-on called iCade Helper, which allows you to use a keyboard as a game controller. Since Graal has controller support for idevice, I think you should only need Beekeyboard + the free ad-on iCade Helper. Good luck.