Hi I am working with Text Editor in my android app. I want the cursor to move to next line in edittext when i touch enter key in android-softkeyboard and have to execute a method,so i used setOnKeyListener() because when i pressed the key it goes to this method and execute myMethod().
My main problem is when ever i used this (edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);) line of code it is entering into the setOnKeyListener() method and executes myMethod well but the cursor position is still in same line,if i removed that line the cursor position is updating (goto next line) but setOnKeyListener() is not executing.
Please suggest me how to work on it ,My code is
edittext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
edittext.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
// If the event is a key-down event on the "enter" button
if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, edittext.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
myMethod();
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
Thanks in advance.
Try return "false":
if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) && (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, edittext.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
myMethod();
return false; // here
}
Related
I have a KeyListener on an editText like so:
tip = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.tip);
tip.setOnKeyListener(new EditText.OnKeyListener(){
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
Log.i("debug123", "onKeyListener. event.getKeyCode(): " + event.getKeyCode());
// If the event is a key-down event on the "enter" button
if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) && (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
checkInput();
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
But no softkeyboard-stroke is recognised.?
Only when I left the Activity with the BACK-Button (HardwareButton) the Listener recognises the action.
But from all that I read, this is the way to go if I want to work with user-input at a EditText.
setOnKeyListener
Register a callback to be invoked when a hardware key is pressed in
this view. Key presses in software input methods will generally not
trigger the methods of this listener.
setOnEditorActionListener
Set a special listener to be called when an action is performed on the
text view. This will be called when the enter key is pressed, or when
an action supplied to the IME is selected by the user.
To solve your problem using setOnEditorActionListener, please check below:
Add imeOptions and inputType to your EditText
<EditText
android:id="#+id/tip"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
Then add setOnEditorActionListener to EditText
tip.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if ( (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) || (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) ) {
checkInput();
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
});
Here,
actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE handle action from Soft Keyboard (IME)
event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN handle enter key from Hardware Keyboard
When user click on the field and keyboard comes up, by pressing the Enter/Go key, I want to type my own value into the field, instead of system keyboard.
I want to do this in background of my app, and fill the fields of other apps.
Is it possible job, or I'm a greedy man?! :)
Yes it is possible, you are not greedy :P
You can add onKeyListener() on each of your EditText fields. It will listen to each key stroke by you user and as soon user press Enter, you can perform your required logic.
final EditText edittext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edittext);
edittext.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
// If the event is a key-down event on the "enter" button
if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
Toast.makeText(MyExampleActivity.this, "enter is pressed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
I have written a key listener on a edit text in android.
Following is my code:
textview.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
// If the event is a key-down event on the "enter"
// button
if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) && (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
// Perform action on Enter key press
if (textview.getText().toString().length() == 15) {
textvalue = textview.getText().toString();
textview.setText(replacecardformat());
textview.clearFocus();
Log.e(""TAG, "Executed");
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
return false;
}
});
However the log statement is executed only once.Is some problem in my return statement.
Two observations:
if you need listener on each text change use view.addTextChangedListener(TextWatcher). Text Watcher has three methods: one fired before, one after, and one on text change. I suppose that this is what you are looking for. More details and tutorial you can find here
is your textview an TextView or EditText? I am asking since only EditText can receive keyboard input. however TextView can have such listener too. Because its text can also change (see documentation here).
I have an EditText field which I would like to introduce some sort of Auto-Fill feature on. All I am currently trying to do is fill the the EditText box with "Special CT" if the "S" button is pressed. This is what I have:
ctEditText = (EditText) findViewById( 1001 );
ctEditText.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
Log.i( "KEY", "PRESSED" );
// if keydown and "enter" is pressed
if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
&& (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
return true;
} else if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
&& (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_S)) {
Log.i( "KEY", "S" );
if( ctEditText.getText().toString().length() == 1 ) {
ctEditText.setText( "Special CT" );
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
With this code, pressing the "S" button does absolutely nothing for me. My LogCat does not show either of my LogCalls until I press the enter button in the bottom right of the keyboard. And when I press the enter button, it displays the KEY PRESSED log call twice, no matter how many different keys I have pressed prior to the enter button.
EDIT
So after messing around with it some more I have realized that the reason the Log call appears twice is because it is appearing when I release the enter key as well. I also got the S key to call the KEY PRESSED log call but it is still not recognized in my If statement.
Try this:
ctEditText = (EditText) findViewById( 1001 );
ctEditText.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
Log.i( "KEY", "PRESSED" );
// if keydown and "enter" is pressed
if (ctEditText.getText().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("S")) {
Log.i( "KEY", "S" );
ctEditText.setText( "Special CT" );
return true;
}
else if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
&& (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
just check that the Text entered is equal to "S"
if (ctEditText.getText().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("S"))
Even better, you can use TextWatcher example
Hello
I've got a searched EditText and search Button. When I type the searched text, I'd like to use ENTER key on softkeyboard instead of search Button to activate search function.
Thanks for help in advance.
You do it by setting a OnKeyListener on your EditText.
Here is a sample from my own code. I have an EditText named addCourseText, which will call the function addCourseFromTextBox when either the enter key or the d-pad is clicked.
addCourseText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.clEtAddCourse);
addCourseText.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener()
{
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
{
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
{
switch (keyCode)
{
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER:
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER:
addCourseFromTextBox();
return true;
default:
break;
}
}
return false;
}
});
<EditText
android:id="#+id/search"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/search_hint"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionSend" />
You can then listen for presses on the action button by defining a TextView.OnEditorActionListener for the EditText element. In your listener, respond to the appropriate IME action ID defined in the EditorInfo class, such as IME_ACTION_SEND. For example:
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search);
editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
boolean handled = false;
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEND) {
sendMessage();
handled = true;
}
return handled;
}
});
Source: https://developer.android.com/training/keyboard-input/style.html
may be you could add a attribute to your EditText like this:
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
add an attribute to the EditText like
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
this is the best way to do the function
and the imeOptions also have some other values like "go" 、"next"、"done" etc.
Most updated way to achieve this is:
Add this to your EditText in XML:
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
Then in your Activity/Fragment:
EditText.setOnEditorActionListener { _, actionId, _ ->
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) {
// Do what you want here
return#setOnEditorActionListener true
}
return#setOnEditorActionListener false
}
We can also use Kotlin lambda
editText.setOnKeyListener { _, keyCode, keyEvent ->
if (keyEvent.action == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
Log.d("Android view component", "Enter button was pressed")
return#setOnKeyListener true
}
return#setOnKeyListener false
}
To avoid the focus advancing to the next editable field (if you have one) you might want to ignore the key-down events, but handle key-up events. I also prefer to filter first on the keyCode, assuming that it would be marginally more efficient. By the way, remember that returning true means that you have handled the event, so no other listener will. Anyway, here is my version.
ETFind.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener()
{
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
{
if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER
|| keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
// do nothing yet
} else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
findForward();
} // is there any other option here?...
// Regardless of what we did above,
// we do not want to propagate the Enter key up
// since it was our task to handle it.
return true;
} else {
// it is not an Enter key - let others handle the event
return false;
}
}
});
this is a sample of one of my app how i handle
//searching for the Edit Text in the view
final EditText myEditText =(EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.myEditText);
myEditText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER) ||
(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {
//do something
//true because you handle the event
return true;
}
return false;
}
});