Does a working Virtual Keyboard exists?

Alienhunter3010

Hi everybody.
I found on Google Play so many Virtual Keyboard. Many of them are working on linux too. But actually I found no one working with Retro Pie. Do you know if there is a working app?

Thank you very much.

caver01

@Alienhunter3010 I can't speak for every system, but in my experience, MUSICOMP was a fun virtual keyboard on the Apple II. You could load this disk image on Linapple or MESS and play your favorite melodies on a virtual keyboard all day long! MUSICOMP is capable of a few different sound modes and setting the note duration is a little cumbersome (and I think it is limited to a single voice at a time=monophonic), but what do you want from an Apple II?!

AlexMurphy

@Alienhunter3010 Have you tried SonicPi? That's a very interesting program. You can learn to code whilst composing...

Alienhunter3010

Sorry, I do not need a keyboard to play music but a QWERTY remote keyboard. Apps like these.

Thank you very much

AlexMurphy

@Alienhunter3010 Have you tried a real keyboard

BuZz

@Alienhunter3010 there is no virtual/on screen keyboard currently. There was a fork of emulationstation with one (just for use inside ES) , but that's not included by default.

EctoOne

I was looking for something like that myself, the only thing I found was remotepi.io
But I haven't tried it and tbh I will probably just buy a real wireless keyboard.

MadRikXIV

@EctoOne said in Does a working Virtual Keyboard exists?:

I was looking for something like that myself, the only thing I found was remotepi.io
But I haven't tried it and tbh I will probably just buy a real wireless keyboard.

I purchased a small ESynic brand keyboard, really small dongle, and small keyboard, it's worked well, and not much larger than a XBox controller, only cost me £10, so I am pleased with it, far easier than typing

Although not as good for using 'Q A O P Space' as a control layout.

GtBFilms

A virtual keyboard on a mobile phone would be nice, but I couldn't find anything. In the end I decided it would be a lot less hassle just to buy this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GTQ0J4G

It comes with a USB dongle which I plugged into the rpi and it worked straight away. It also has a mouse trackpad thing built in. It charges off a USB port, and I just leave it plugged into that all the time when not in use.

Not what you asked for, but it works and is relatively cheap.

Alienhunter3010

@GtBFilms I buy it. Really cool and fast!