Asleep at the actionscript

There are two ways that key events can be used:

1. handling the keys directly in Flash
2. handling the keys in Javascript and calling Flash functions using the ExternalInterface library

Tips to choose one of this methods:

• If there are many complicated animations in the app, then using the second method may slow it down, beacuse ExternalInterface takes a lot of memory to process.
• When using method 1., not all remote keys can be interpreted by the Flash keyhandler. Only the following keys can be handled correctly:
  • navigation keys
  • color keys
  • playback keys
  • numeric keys
  • return and exit keys

  If you need to use other keys, it can be done only through ExternalInterface.

• The only way to implement volume control in method 1. is unregistering the volume keys in Javascript, so that the native TV handling can be done.
• When using method 2., the volume control can be implemented within the Flash app, or unregistered as above.

When using method 1, Here are the keycodes for flash keyHandler,