Pinch and Zoom on a stick

[djeaton]

Is there any good hardware (remote) or software solution that allows for pinching and zooming on a stick? Some of the games I play have hidden object components and really suffer if you can't zoom in and out. I have one of those iPazzPort remotes and I really like it. It has page-up and page-down keys that I'd really like to have function as zoom-in and zoom-out if possible. Could re-mapping be possible with something like tasker? If not, does anyone have a remote that they recommend that has zoom functionality (other than what you can get with a wireless trackpad)?

[white-enochian]

what is tasker

[djeaton]

Tasker is a very powerful Android app that will automate a lot of things. These task lists can then be compiled to be run as apps or be triggered by things like NFC tags. You can even create GUI interfaces to things. It has input options, but I've never played with them before. It *might* be possible to use it to re-map the page-down to zoom-in or something like that. Can't test it right now on my phone though because it's not rooted. Preferably though, I'd like a remote with that functionality so I thought I'd ask here.

[white-enochian]

not sure if this helps but in apps like google earth ect i can zoom in and out with my mouse sqroll wheel

[djeaton]

These tv-type remotes that just have buttons don't have a scroll wheel. I was looking at Tasker and you can trigger off things like the media buttons so that something can happen when you hit the FastForward and Rewind buttons. Can't see a way to add a task that duplicates zoom functionality. Maybe there is an accessibility option for those with poor eyesight or something that might work...