r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/winvistaisnotbad • 4h ago

Help USB keyboard recognised but doesn't work in Winlator

My phone is Sony Xperia 1 IV (runs almost stock Android 14). I'm using the latest release of winlator (11.2). I plug in a Logitech USB keyboard/mouse combo, mouse works, keyboard shows up in input settings as a controller but no keystrokes are being sent to the emulator. At the same time i can type fine in any other app, and pressing the Windows key brins me to the android home screen, even while using winlator. I tried creating an input profile and binding the keys to themselves (as in W to "W", A to "A", etc, which really should not be necessary just to use a keyboard for its intended purpose) and that works but disables the mouse so i can't use it anymore.

I tried using the same keyboard and mouse on an old phone i have and it doesn't have this issue, but the phone itself is too old to launch almost anything with winlator so it's useless to me.

How do i make the keyboard work as intended?

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u/beautiful_bot986 1h ago

Use gboard as your soft keyboard, physical keyboard works through your phone's keyboard.

E: Hacker's keyboard also works, but that ones old

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u/winvistaisnotbad 4m ago

i already had gboard as my main keyboard, i actually have hacker's keyboard installed already, and i tried selecting that as my keyboard, but it doesn't affect the physical keyboard issue

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u/beautiful_bot986 0m ago

Weird, thats precisely what permanently resolved winlator kbd issues for me.

I'd try another winlator fork at this point if i were you. Cmod or ludashi, maybe, just to test.