I have a specific requirement for providing every user a custom button that will only be available for him on the keyboard. The Custom Button can be any like (%,#,#,etc or may be numeric). How can i add that on the Custom Keyboard any ideas. I have already added the custom keyboard in my app but i also need this button.
Thanks in advance.
Actually you can set custom text to that little blue button. In the xml file just use
android:imeActionLabel="userName"
You can do this programatically as well like
etEditText.setImeActionLabel("userName", EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
And if you what the Button onClickListner than use
etEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if ((event != null && (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) || (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE)) {
Log.i(TAG,"Enter pressed");
}
return false;
}
});
It should be noted that this will not cause text to appear on all keyboards on all devices. Some keyboards do not support text on that button (e.g. swiftkey). And some devices don't support it either. A good rule is, if you see text already on the button, this will change it to whatever you'd want.
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so i have a login form. When i press the back button or the enter button, it seems to go the next edit text (or previous) even though i set these following options for my edit text.
What is weird, once i cycle through them all, everything works fine as it should i.e. back button / done button dismiss the edit text and key board.
Please note i am only showing 1 edit text field to not flood the post. The rest are pretty much the same
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<com.test.views.widgets.myEditText
android:id="#+id/userFirstName"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/generic.first.name"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:theme="#style/EditText.Base.Style"
app:font="regular" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
So the above, i have set actionDone which was one of the suggestions to this problem. This does not work.
In addition, I am extending the AppCompatEditText to have my own implementation.
Here is some code
When done button is pressed
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView textView, int actionId, KeyEvent keyEvent) {
if(actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE){
clearFocus();
}
return false;
}
When the back button is pressed
#Override
public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
clearFocus();
}
return false;
}
Also note that i followed this tutorial as a means to hide keyboard when focus changes
http://toastdroid.com/2015/06/04/on-screen-keyboard-tracking-part-2/
Add android:imeOptions="actionDone". It will close keyboard rather than going on next focusable view.
add this to the EditText attribute
android:maxLines="1"
Try adding android:imeOptions="actionDone" to your EditText
OR
youredittext.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int keyCode,
KeyEvent event) {
if ( (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN ) &&
(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) )
{
// hide virtual keyboard
InputMethodManager imm =
(InputMethodManager)getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(edittext.getWindowToken(), 0);
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
I suppose that problem is in your clearFocus(). Documentation says:
Note: When a View clears focus the framework is trying to give focus
to the first focusable View from the top. Hence, if this View is the
first from the top that can take focus, then all callbacks related to
clearing focus will be invoked after which the framework will give
focus to this view.
try to replace clearFocus() with hideKeyboard() like this
void hideKeyboard() {
((InputMethodManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).hideSoftInputFromWindow(yourView.getWindowToken(), 0);
}
I managed to fix this.
I added this to my root layout (which contained the edit text) and the problem no longer seems present
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
I am fairly new to android and stuck on one problem. I need to know how I can response when I use directional keys on android ImageButton. I have been looking for the answer for almost a day now and can't find one.
What I need to achieve is I want to change focus to ImageButton4 from ImageButton3 if/when I click the right arrow key.
I know android handles this on its own but I need to customize it for my application.
I tried implementing OnKeyListener
private OnKeyListener speedTest = new OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(DialogInterface inter, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
}
return false;
}
};
But I'm not sure if this would be the best way to do it since with each click I have to check where is focus and then change it accordingly.
Thanks.
My app has an AutoCompleteTextView used for searching. When it's in focus, I would like to disable or change the function of the return key to a specific function call. I tried in my layout xml to add the following property to the AutoCompleteTextView
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
But it works on my simulator (when you click enter, the keyboard disappears) but it doesn't work on my device (moto droidx running 2.3.3).
Can someone show me how I can link the return key to a specific function (in my case, the search function) with android:imeOptions="actionGo"?
Write your code in setOnEditorActionListener event of EditText family. like
autoEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId,
KeyEvent event) {
if (event != null&& (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
InputMethodManager in = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
// in.hideSoftInputFromWindow(autoEditText.getApplicationWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
//Commented line is for hide keyboard. Just make above code as comment and test your requirement
//It will work for your need. I just putted that line for your understanding only
//You can use own requirement here also.
}
return false;
}
});
Happy coding :)
For me it works if you add one more line about input type:
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
I was wondering if there is any way to be notified automatically by android when the on-screen keyboard is shown and when it disappears.
For example when we click on a edittext, the ime appears. Will there be any event calls?
And when it disappears when we press back, similarly will there be any even calls?
I found this thread Android: which event fires when on screen keyboard appears? , however no answers have been reached yet.
The purpose is because i need an event to automatically manipulate visibility. I have an activity with an edittext on the top of the screen, below it, a listview and a linearlayout which are sitting on top of each other. To control what the user sees, i manipulate the visibility. By default, the linearlayout is shown initially, however, when the user is entering text, the listview should be shown instead. The listview should disappear when the user has finished typing, which in this case, the on-screen-keyboard will be closed.
I tried acomplishing the change of visibility using onFocusChange, however, even when the on-screen keyboard disappears, the edittext still retains focus and the linearlayout never reappears.
Below is my implementation of the onFocusChange
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus)
{
if(v.getId()==R.id.search_screen_keyword_textbox)
{
if(hasFocus)
{
filterSection.setVisibility(View.GONE);
autoComSection.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
else
{
filterSection.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
autoComSection.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
else if(v.getId()==R.id.search_screen_location_textbox)
{
if(hasFocus)
{
filterSection.setVisibility(View.GONE);
autoComSection.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
else
{
filterSection.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
autoComSection.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
else
{
filterSection.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
autoComSection.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
If anyone has any idea about it do let me know. :D
You can catch the back button when in an edittext, this is what would make the keyboard disappear. Using this method:
public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
// Do your thing here
return false;
}
return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
}
Search is great: onKeyPreIme or Android API
It seems that this thread has a solution using onConfigurationChanged: How to capture the "virtual keyboard show/hide" event in Android?
For my android app I have multiple edittexts on the main screen. If i have the first edittext in focus the menu/back buttons operate fine, if i have any of the other edittexts in focus than neither of them work at all. I'm not doing anything special regarding the menu/back buttons relative to that edittext, i'm not sure what the cause is? Has anyone run into a similar issue and/or know of the cause/solution?
Thanks!
I was have the same problem and I found solution for I was have OnKeyListener that return true; when I change it to return false; the problem was fixed
my_editText.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
#Override
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
// you can use the next line to ensure back button & menu button will return false
if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK || event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU) return false;
// any other key you don't want to call other listener for it
if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER&& event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
OnKeyListener.onKey(android.view.View, int, android.view.KeyEvent)
easy fix for me, I had removed the only keyboard app.
just install a keyboard app and the buttons worked again