Detecting Keypress Release
I added a feature to our app to detect "long presses" - when the user is holding down a directional key, the focus keeps moving until the key is released. Problem is that sometimes the roku does not ...
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I have run into that issue as well.
I use it to cheat when playing a space game I'm writing. 😄 At least for now.
The remote sends the keyup code, but it doesn't mean the roku receives it, so if you hit a button, then aim the remote away when you release it, often that never gets received.
The only thing I know of would be to cancel any key holds on any new keypress. So if they hold down the right key, and you never receive that key up, but you receive a new key, of course the right button has been released since only one key at a time works in bs.
I use it to cheat when playing a space game I'm writing. 😄 At least for now.
The remote sends the keyup code, but it doesn't mean the roku receives it, so if you hit a button, then aim the remote away when you release it, often that never gets received.
The only thing I know of would be to cancel any key holds on any new keypress. So if they hold down the right key, and you never receive that key up, but you receive a new key, of course the right button has been released since only one key at a time works in bs.
