Are you using Boxee or XBMC? Boxee

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. I don't know if the MyTouch is able to have an on screen keyboard, but the app does not allow the G1 to use one.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Typing on the screen.

Please provide any additional information below.

Try to press and hold the menu button. It works on the hero and Galaxy according to this link at the bottom.

http://code.google.com/p/boxeeremote/wiki/UsingBoxeeRemote

Yes, please add the on screen keyboard functionality!

I have a proof of concept for this running on my phone. I'll post a patch once it's gone through some initial testing.

Here's a patch that addresses this issue. The keyboard seems to work and sends all its commands to Boxee.

I think it's worth discussing the UI here. Does it make sense to start the keyboard using a Menu item (as I did here) vs with some other button, perhaps on the main screen. I'd like to hear some opinions on this.

Apply the patch to the trunk (R68) like this:

svn checkout https://boxeeremote.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ workingcopy cd workingcopy/ patch -p0 -i path/to/patch.diff

If someone wants an .apk package I can generate one if requested.

Thanks Mark, it runs nicely on my HTC Magic running Android 2.2.1 (... and thanks to Mark Chatham for the app :) )

... and meant to add that I think providing access to the keyboard via a menu item is fine - I think that's probably the best way to do it.