Welcome, on today's video, By special request, I'm going to demonstrate how to play Android
games on a TV box that requires touchscreen action to play. To achieve this task I require
the following things.
1. A TV box with root access and the required Super S U permissions for special keymapping
apps to work.
2. A user friendly Keymapping application.
3. One Android compatible gamepad. It can be a wireless Bluetooth gamepad or one with
a USB cable connection. I prefer those with trigger buttons in the usual Xbox layout.
4. One PC mouse or wireless air mouse.
And 5. Games that require touchscreen functions.
I'm using the Beelink GT1 ultimate for this demonstration, and first you have to check
to see if the box is rooted.
It shows that the box is rooted, this is necessary for the keymapping application to work.
The next thing you're going to do is head over to the Google play store and install
the GKM Touch application. There are many others, but I find the GKM touch easy to use
and it's free. At one time I believe there was a small fee for the full version, but
now I see that its free.
Once installed, connect your gamepad and make sure the gamepad can navigate the box. If
not then the box either doesn't recognize the gamepad or the gamepad isn't working.
For this demonstration, I'm using the Beelink GT1 Ultimate together with the PXN 3 Pro Bluetooth
gamepad, the stock remote, and a regular PC mouse. A link to this gamepad can be found
in the description area below this video.
Once you can confirm that the gamepad is working, open the GKM touch application.
Once you have opened the application, go to the settings area and go down to the section
where it says use mouse input. You have to uncheck this option. This step is very important,
because if you don't, you'll lose all control of the box when you start the mapping process,
and to regain control you'll have to reboot the box to kill the application.
Next, scroll back to the top where it says set button size, and slide the leaver furthest
to the left. At this point you can choose to save your settings or you can save it later
on during live gameplay.
Now navigate back to the main area and select the test button. On the test screen, you should
be able to track any click movements from your mouse or gamepad. Once you are satisfied
that you have movement, go back to the main screen and select the start button.
The keymapping process has started, and you are taken back to the launcher. The application
is running in the background, and you can stop it at anytime by simply swiping down
from the top of the screen to open the status bar and tap on the stop button.
Before you proceed to play any game, using the stock remote control or any controller
you have connected to the device with a volume button. Press the volume up button to test
if the app permissions are working on the box. What you should see is various buttons
on the screen that responds to the gamepad controls. Once you have movement press the
volume up button again to close the keymapping screen. Don't worry, it's still running in
the background.
And now for the fun part. I'm going to run a game that requires touchscreen actions to
work. I am running the game from my last Beelink GT1 Ultimate video called WWE Immortals. This
game is a vs fighting game, and it requires functions like two fingers touching at two
points on the screen to perform a blocking action, tapping on the screen to fight, and
swiping in all directions to perform various combination moves.
To start mapping buttons you would want to pin point where on the screen you would like
to perform a touch or swipe function. In this game, you tap on your opponent to strike,
so I would press my volume up button. Sometimes you have to let the game run in the background
to get the touch points accurate. So on my gamepad the ei button is the best button for
this strike function. So I can drag it to where I want, and I can re size it if I would
like to cover a larger area. Press the volume button again to close the mapping window an
press the ei button on the Gamepad to see if it works or if you have to move it again.
Good, it works. The game is now asking me to swipe left or right to perform heavy attacks.
To do this is simple, place the D pad anywhere on a blank space and it will perform the swipe
function by simply pressing left or right, or by tapping it left or right to perform
the swipe function. So I'll close to mapping screen again and test to see if it works.
Good, that also works. Now the game is asking me to tap on a character to tag in a new player.
You can assign any button you like, for this demonstration, I'll be using the R1 and the
R2 trigger buttons, and then I'll close it and test to see if it works.
Good, that also did the trick. The game is now asking me to perform a blocking action
by holding down two fingers on the screen. To perform this action, I'll use the L1 and
the L2 trigger buttons or what ever its called on your gamepad. So I'll set these buttons
above the players, as you don't want to conflict with other buttons.
Ok, that went well. In this game there are special power moves that are controlled by
these buttons below here. So I'll assign the rest of the buttons to perform these actions.
So now that I have configured all the buttons for this game, let's save this profile and
see it in full action.
Let's
try it with another game.
Well there you have it, You can try it in many different games that cannot use gamepads
or require touchscreen actions to work.
This was a quick overview demonstration of how to use key mapping functions using a gamepad
on an Android TV box. Remember the box must be rooted, and if you get a permissions failed
on screen message, it means that your box is not rooted with the right permissions to
allow these apps to work. For a list of all the boxes that work with keymapping applications
see the link in the description area.
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