UWP KeyDown Event

Question

I have coded an app in WPF where i have Keydown event functioning with the code below:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(Form1_KeyDown);
        this.KeyUp += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(Form1_KeyUp);
    }

    //Declare the comands for Rover control//
    private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.W)                                // Holding Keyboard Character "W" //
        {
            serialPort1.Write("F");                             // Passing command "Forward" thorugh letter "F" in arduino code //
        }

I am trying to replicate this in UWP and am not sure what I am doing wrong. Based on research so far, I understand that i have to place KeyDown="Grid_KeyDown" within Grid in XAML part, and i have to write something like:

 private async void Grid_KeyDown(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        //handling code here
        if (e.Key == Key.F)
        {
            string sendData = "F";
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sendData))
            {
                errorStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                errorStatus.Text = "Please specify the string you are going to send";
            }
            else
            {
                DataWriter dwriter = new DataWriter(streamSocket.OutputStream);
                UInt32 len = dwriter.MeasureString(sendData);
                dwriter.WriteUInt32(len);
                dwriter.WriteString(sendData);
                await dwriter.StoreAsync();
                await dwriter.FlushAsync();
            }
        }

However this is not working. Does anyone have any suggestion how do I make this Keydown even work so when i press F key i want to pass that to serial port and send it as string "F" to Bluetooth device?

Ok so when i involve the if (e.Key == Windows.System.VirtualKey.F) the code works as below:

private async void Grid_KeyDown(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
    {

        //handling code here
        if (e.Key == Windows.System.VirtualKey.F)
        {
            string sendData = "F";
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sendData))
            {
                errorStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                errorStatus.Text = "Please specify the string you are going to send";
            }
            else
            {
                DataWriter dwriter = new DataWriter(streamSocket.OutputStream);
                UInt32 len = dwriter.MeasureString(sendData);
                dwriter.WriteUInt32(len);
                dwriter.WriteString(sendData);
                await dwriter.StoreAsync();
                await dwriter.FlushAsync();
            }
        }
    }

However, i am having like the delay. As i mentioned in the first part of the code where I was using serialPort1.Write, the Bluetooth will send the command to the robot instantaneously when i press button and will stop right away when i release the button. So i have to incorporate something similar to UWP as i did in the WPF code below:

 private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(Form1_KeyDown);
        this.KeyUp += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(Form1_KeyUp);
    }

    //Declare the comands for Rover control//
    private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.W)                                // Holding Keyboard Character "W" //
        {
            serialPort1.Write("F");                             // Passing command "Forward" thorugh letter "F" in arduino code //
        }

Thank you

Answer 1

Have you tried using key up event as below:

<Grid KeyUp="Grid_KeyUp">
  ...
</Grid>

void Grid_KeyUp(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
{
    //handling code here
}

For more details read the documentation here .

Answer 2

Maybe this will help! This is how I used KeyUP ...

`private void Value1_KeyUp(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
  {
    if (e.Key == VirtualKey.Enter)
    {
        string value = Value1.Text;
        PivotItem pi = MainPivot.SelectedItem;
        ((WebView)pi.Content).Navigate(new Uri(value,
        UriKind.Absolute));   
        MainPivot.SelectedItem = pi;
        TagTextBlock.Text = Value1.Text;
        pi.Header = ((WebView)pi.Content).DocumentTitle;
    }
}

`

Answer 3

也许您需要刷新DataWriter：

await dwriter.FlushAsync();