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Keylayout files

NOTE: Make sure to get the proper keylayout for ICS or Gingerbread - they don't work for the wrong version.

This thread was put together after browsing the Virtuous thread where people were requesting different keylayouts.

A keylayout is something that is ROM-independent. You can flash it for any ROM, so why not concentrate specific layouts in one thread.

This way people can come here and download a flashable zip of the keylayout of their choice, if they flash a ROM and like it but miss their custom key setup.

Here's how i'd like it to work:

Developers:
-Post questions, answers, and flashable zips.

-Make sure your zips are keylayout files only, nothing else.
-Make sure the post you make with the zip download describes what keys are changed to what.

Users:
-Post questions or answers, and requests. Be patient until someone comes along who is willing to make it and has the time.


Feel free to make requests for custom keylayouts in this thread, i'm sure someone will come along who can help you and post it within a few days or so.

Take a look at This Thread to learn about modding the keylayout file.

Front Facing means the 4 hardware buttons at the bottom of the screen, or any other exterior keys ( Volume, Power, Camera )

Hardware keyboard covers the keys on the slide-out keyboard.

So go ahead, post your favorite keylayouts in falshable zip form for other people to play with, or request one you'd like if you can't find it in the choices below.

Please read the whole thread before making a request.


ICS Keylayouts:

Originally Posted by Paitor

I have fixed two key setups for ICS. It was made for Pyr'o'Ice ICS Desensed 1.1.3 but will probably work on all using the new standard that ICS use. The symbol key didn't work in the ROM so I fixed that too. See these as beta but should work for daily use.

ICS_doubleshot_keylayout_dpad
From Post 38 of this thread:

Courtesy of Paitor

• Front Facing:
  Genius = Search

• Hardware Keyboard:
  Home = Left Arrow
  Menu = Right Arrow
  Back = Up Arrow
  Genius = Down Arrow

• ICS_doubleshot_keylayout_dpad_Paitor_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: 4a20aa0713f6f2eaacc08cfe69cd3cf3
  Size: 128.99 KB

ICS_doubleshot_keylayout_swedish
From Post 38 of this thread:

Courtesy of Paitor

• HOME = LEFT ARROW
  MENU = RIGHT ARROW

• BACK = ö
  BACK + SHIFT = Ö
  BACK + ALT = ø
  BACK + SHIFT + ALT = Ø

• GENIUS = ä
  GENIUS + SHIFT = Ä
  GENIUS + ALT = æ
  GENIUS + SHIFT + ALT = Æ

• ? = å
  ? + SHIFT = Å
  ? + ALT = ?
  ? + SHIFT + ALT = /

• ICS_doubleshot_keylayout_swedish_Paitor_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: a67add2022336dbe45b816925777e520
  Size: 129 KB

Gingerbread Keylayouts:

Stock Keylayout:
-Simply the default keylayout file in a flashable zip. Use this to go back to stock.

• Stock_Keylayout_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: f19d69bcc7b38b1983e7b723c0f87b4b
  Size: 125.19 KB

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Stock Keylayout - Language:
To return to stock from an alternate language use:

• Stock_Keylayout_Language_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: fb1e27e682df988de6bf2725e078bb06
  Size: 198.01 KB

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Genius Fix:

• Front Facing:
  Genius = Search

• Hardware Keyboard:
  Genius = Search

• Genius_Fix_Keylayout_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: 3e2ff144af94432b297f58cf93cbedae
  Size: 125.22 KB

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Blue6IX Keylayout:

• Front Facing:
  Genius = Search

• Hardware Keyboard:
  Home = Up Arrow
  Menu = Down Arrow
  Back = Left Arrow
  Genius = Right Arrow

• Blue6IX_Keylayout_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: 2bfbcc7888b960a22b82ae4921e36c30
  Size: 125.27 KB

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Swedish keylayout:
From Post 21 of this thread:

Courtesy of Paitor

• HOME = LEFT ARROW
  MENU = RIGHT ARROW

• BACK = ö
  BACK + SHIFT = Ö
  BACK + ALT = ö
  BACK + SHIFT + ALT = Ö

• GENIUS = ä
  GENIUS + SHIFT = Ä
  GENIUS + ALT = ä
  GENIUS + SHIFT + ALT = Ä

• ? = å
  ? + SHIFT = Å
  ? + ALT = ?
  ? + SHIFT + ALT = /

• Swedish_Keylayout_Paitor_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: 2284d5ce1af68535523fd28e201a235e
  Size: 198.12 KB

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Genius to Back:
As per user request Post 31:

Front-face Genius button re-mapped to BACK function - all other keys are stock.

• Genius_to_Back_Keylayout_signed.zip
  Download Link
  MD5: d2d5011c32d400c6e2b8866dd1d75c0e
  Size: 125.21 KB

Gingerbread keymappings from kernel source for development reference in post 45

Once again, good work blue. When I get home I'm gonna try figure out how to add shift + alt characters.

Very Nice addition to the cause.

Can anyone make a key map that enables users to place objects in the MineCraft mobile apk for the Xperia Play?

Originally Posted by arcticwolf8

Can anyone make a key map that enables users to place objects in the MineCraft mobile apk for the Xperia Play?

It's only the Doubleshot that blue was talking bout. LOL. Go to the xperia play thread and ask there. :P

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I know, the game was made for the Xperia play and I want to play it on the MTS4G :P

Oh got ya.

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Originally Posted by ekoee

Once again, good work blue. When I get home I'm gonna try figure out how to add shift + alt characters.

Great. When I get my computer back I will also try to work on my version with scandinavian letters åäö on back, genius and questionmark button.

Thanks guys, glad you like.

I have a theory that the terminal app only printing a tilde on screen when you press an alt character can be patched by some swapping.

With the question mark character, if you swapped the function so that it was alt+press to get the question mark, and just press to get slash, would it print a slash in terminal?

Could be the workaround to deal with having to use the soft keyboard for terminal emulator.

To the two of you interested in alt characters and their functions, what do you think?

This time of life right now is not good for me, time-wise - too much going on out there for me to spend enough time in here, but i'll keep up as much as I can.

Originally Posted by arcticwolf8

Can anyone make a key map that enables users to place objects in the MineCraft mobile apk for the Xperia Play?

Sounds to me like you'd either need to:
-Get the .apk in question
-open it up, and change the button presses in the .apk to match something in our keylayout file.

or:
-get the .apk in question
-open it up and write down the button presses needed to use the app.
-Edit the doubleshot keylayout file to contain those button presses
(probably lose those hardware keys you remapped for anything else)

Sounds like an .apk edit, so you won't be able to get any updates for it in the future without having to go back into it and edit it again.

Way to start us off with a hard one - lol.

Is it a free app? If I get more then a few minutes to sit in development i'll take a look over the next few days if it is.

On droid/milestone we always edited the bin file in keychars with a hexeditor. This with keylayout was new to me.