Does anybody know how to display the keyboard in the emulator when the EditText field has focus. I have tried so many solutions but none of them work. I am working in android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The Emulator I am using is GenyMotion. I would also like to know how to hide the keyboard when the EditText field loses focus. I assume however if the keyboard does not appear in the emulator it won't appear when testing on the device.
Any help much appreciated
Just check the details of your emulator. Soft Keyboard won't be displayed if you have checked the option "Hardware Keyboard Present", uncheck that option. And it will automatically displayed on the device since device doesn't have hard keyboard.
Close emulator -> Setting button -> Check Use virtual keyboard for text input
run Genymotion as the application from windows or mac (not from android studio plugin)
then select the settings sign on the right of the virtual device you have installed from the virtualdevicelist
choose the 'use virtual keyboard for textinput'
then close the application.
this worked for me in genymotion 2.6.0
Try this it work for me:
GO to settings menu ->Language&Input->turn off the Hardware Physical keyboard.
First of All close Genymotion emulator.
Then Start Genymotion Application
From left side menu open Filters -> Source -> Genymotion Now check the checkBox of Genymotion if already unchecked.
Then from installed devices select three doted icon -> Edit Then in edit window go down in Android System Option And check the checkBox of Use virtual keyboard for text input
For new versions of Genymotion (mine is 3.1.0),
Right click on your virtual device and click "edit"
Then choose "Use virtual keyboard for text input" and click "CONFIRM"
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I have been using the Android Studio emulators for a while, but since a few days the mapping is broken. I have an azerty keyboard on my laptop, and when I type something, it appears as qwerty on the emulator (typing 'a' on the laptop will show 'q' on the emulator). Using the soft keyboard of the emulator works as expected, no matter if the soft keyboard is azerty or qwerty.
This issue appears on all emulators. I have tried to create a new emulator and cold booting. I can't seem to find a setting to change the mapping.
Is there a hidden setting or shortcut I can use to fix this?
I recommend you use the MEMU emulator
Memu Emulator
i have just had the same issue.
to solve it i proceeded this way :
in the android emulator in the menu Settings / general go to "send keyboard shortcuts to virtual device"
see the android emulator config screenshot here
i then installed an application "Clavier physique AZERTY." (see the link in this blog: android-configurer-un-clavier-sans-fil-en-azerty)
I'm working android project.So I'm using Android Emulator for this step.
But when project requires input I'm using Emulator keyboard.Is there any method for enter from keyboard to android emulator without android's emulator keyboard?
How to enable PC's keybord for write text or password on Emulator?
I just checked, the option should be there, after clicking on new you will see a checkbox option there that enables the keyboard
When I am trying to type into an EditText in the emulator, it does not allow me to enter with the computers keyboard and the onscreen keyboard always pops up.
Is there a way to disable to the keyboard from popping up and allow entry from computers keyboard instead?
thanks
Try this:
Eclipse > Window menu > AVD Manager
Select your virtual device and click Edit
Under Hardware, Click New
Select Keyboard Support then click OK
Edit its value to yes
Now you have to click off onto another item in the list, like "Abtract LCD Density" or something. This seems to make the UI keep the "yes" change.
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Go to config.ini file in the AVD's local directory and set hw.keyboard to "NO".
Or you can update your emulator through command line using following command:
android update -avd <avd_name> [-<option> [<value>]] ... [-<qemu args>]
Good luck with Android
in simple way,
select your AVD from AVD manager
click Edit check "Keyboard Hardware Present"
now start your device. its done.
goto AVD manager -> select your device -> click settings -> check mark the "Hardware keyboard present" option -> restart your virtual device.
A slight correction for your question, It is not on-screen keyboard but its soft keyboard (Keyboard from emulator called soft keyboard).
But if you want to disable soft keyboard from you emulator kindly disable 2 things from your emulator, Android Keyboard (AOSP) and Google App.
From your emulator Go to Settings > Apps > and disable Android Keyboard (AOSP) and Google App. NOTE: By disabling Google App you may not use some Google App function, but you can Enable it back anytime.
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I am running Eclipse on a Windows 7 machine. Since the last update of the Android-related files (Android SDK and AVD) to version 4.1, I have a weird looking keyboard:
(this is the first part of the tutorial on the Android Developer website...)
I had a real qwerty-keyboard before, but now it is not only (partly) Japanese, but I can't seem to find how to change it to a qwerty-keyboard.
I have tried checking for updates, restarting the program and the whole PC, changing AVD keyboard settings and different virtual devices with different Android versions on them (the pic shows 2.3.3).
Thanks a lot for your help!
If you click and hold (your mouse button) in the input text box, a menu should come up with Input Method Click that and a Select input method menu should appear. Select Android keyboard and you'll be back to a standard qwerty keyboard.
Try deleting the AVD instance and create a new one. It certainly looks strange but it won't take long to create a new virtual device and boot it ... certainly more constructive than pulling your hair out
I am using the AVD manager in eclipse. Is there a setting that I can use to stop the on screen keyboard appearing when an input field has focus?
I tried has hardware keyboard = true, but then the emulator doesn't seem to start at all :-S
mstoic's answer works, but with one problem: Google voice typing gets enabled with no way to get rid of it.
Not sure if this is available in emulators of all Android versions, but I found this in Settings -> System -> Languages & Input -> Physical keyboard (API 29 emulator). It worked for my use case.
The emulated device should have a physical keyboard, therefore negating the need for a soft keyboard.
I tried it out now and this configuration combination works for me:
hw.keyboard=yes
hw.touchScreen=no
The AVD has a physical keyboard, but no touchscreen, therefore only the physical keyboard can be used for text input, and the emulator does not show the soft keyboard.
Simply disable the Gboard app on your emulator.
To do that, go to Settings > Apps > Gboard, and then click the "DISABLE" button.
If Gboard is not visible, make sure you select the three dots in the top right corner and select the "Show system" option.
In some apps, you may see the Voice input box instead of the keyboard, you can disable that too by disabling the Google app in the same way you disabled Gboard.