Running experiments from mobile devices

SRG_1995
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Running experiments from mobile devices Feb 1, 2021 17:58:46 GMT thankyou likes this

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Post by SRG_1995 on Feb 1, 2021 17:58:46 GMT

Dear Forum User(s),

I am exploring the possibilities of using Psytoolkit in a new study. When I tried to run some of the experiments on a mobile phone, I ran into the problem that I could not start them because they require pressing "Space bar" for continuing to the actual experiment after the instructions. I have not found a way yet to get the keyboard on the screen when there is no text input entry (and I doubt if that would work anyway).

Is there any advice on how I can proceed with this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Best,
Silvano

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Running experiments from mobile devices Feb 2, 2021 9:45:13 GMT

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Post by PsyToolkit on Feb 2, 2021 9:45:13 GMT

If you use keyboard responses in your experiment, it will not run on mobile devices without a (real) keyboard.

You can easily make experiments mouse (or touch) only. Examples can be found here:

www.psytoolkit.org/experiment-library/#_list_of_experiments_without_keyboard_use_touch_screen_friendly

thankyou
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Running experiments from mobile devices Mar 9, 2021 13:34:16 GMT

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Post by thankyou on Mar 9, 2021 13:34:16 GMT

Feb 1, 2021 17:58:46 GMT SRG_1995 said:

Dear Forum User(s),

I am exploring the possibilities of using Psytoolkit in a new study. When I tried to run some of the experiments on a mobile phone, I ran into the problem that I could not start them because they require pressing "Space bar" for continuing to the actual experiment after the instructions. I have not found a way yet to get the keyboard on the screen when there is no text input entry (and I doubt if that would work anyway).

Is there any advice on how I can proceed with this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Best,
Silvano

Hi Silvano,

I've run into the same issue. Have you had any luck with it?

Thank you!

silk
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Running experiments from mobile devices Mar 10, 2021 9:04:58 GMT

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Post by silk on Mar 10, 2021 9:04:58 GMT

Hi there,

For the message instruction, the space bar is the default key to press to continue after the instructions. It doesn't work on mobile devices for the reason aforementioned. However, with the mouse parameter, you can ask participants to click on the screen (= touching the screen) to start the experiment instead of using the keyboard.

message myInstruction mouse

Alternatively you can use the pager instruction (see the documentation, scroll down a bit). There is also a lesson about that.