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grimace8 · 10-25-2015, 08:26 AM

So I have a laptop and a Nexus 7. I'd like an app that would beam my keyboard strokes to the Nexus 7. Some sorta toggle would be ideal.

Unsure what kind of app it would be, since my laptop isn't Android and the Nexus 7 is. It couldn't realistically be an Android app, I don't think. This is the conundrum. Thanks

lycos679 · 10-25-2015, 09:41 AM

What do you mean by "beam"? Are you wanting to wirelessly control your phone from your computer or do something else?

grimace8 · 10-25-2015, 10:23 AM

Thanks for asking. I'd love to control the Android keyboard on the Nexus 7 with my Windows laptop keyboard

lycos679 · 10-25-2015, 01:04 PM

That's a hardware issue. Best Buy and Amazon sell keyboards you can use. Apps can't reconfigure hardware to do something it's not designed to do. If you decide you want to control the nexus from the PC you can use Vysor or some similar application.

Pruzhany · 10-26-2015, 01:58 AM

Why?

Possible answer w/o crystal ball.

How to Stream Videos and Music from PC to Android over WiFi

Peregrine · 10-26-2015, 08:51 AM

Why is the question. Can you tell us what the end goal here is?

grimace8 · 10-26-2015, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Peregrine

Why is the question. Can you tell us what the end goal here is?

I want to type Periscope comments using my laptop keyboard. I really think lycos679 solved the issue. Thanks lycos679

grimace8 · 10-26-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by lycos679

That's a hardware issue. Best Buy and Amazon sell keyboards you can use. Apps can't reconfigure hardware to do something it's not designed to do. If you decide you want to control the nexus from the PC you can use Vysor or some similar application.

Vysor sounds cool

I found their official link and their main person

By the way I do currently use an external keyboard (Satechi) and it works well, but, it's huge and takes up so much space on my desk

stanley-88888888 · 10-26-2015, 03:18 PM

thanks, lycos for the vysor suggestion.

i used to use a mixture of vnc droid and airdroid.

grimace8 · 10-31-2015, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by stanley-88888888

thanks, lycos for the vysor suggestion.

i used to use a mixture of vnc droid and airdroid.

VNC droid sounds like the opposite of what I'm looking for. Just sayin. But if it helps your life, great