Accessing the dPad for Sony xperia play

[JohnCressman]

I am creating a game in Flash CS 5.5 and would like to include support for the Sony Xperia Play - which has a built in dPad style controller and fire/start/etc. buttons.

Anyone know how to access those capabilities in AIR for Android?  I haven't been able to find any documentation at all on the subject.

Thanks!

[JohnCressman]

I have tried every method I know of capturing keyboard input, but nothing.

Is there a way to capture the dPad as a joystick?  Or some other method of capturing input to it?

[JohnCressman]

Are there any libraries out there that are better at capturing input?  I've seen that use java wrappers, but obviously that's not possible on a mobile device.

[JohnCressman]

Still trying to find more information on this.  I'm suprised this isn't a more popular issue.