Android Soft keyboard is not automatically switching to Alphabet mode from numeric mode during navigating to other text box, why?
android:inputType="select ur appropriate mode"
for your particular textbox
example ,shown below
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:inputType="text"=========returns text keyboard
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:inputType="number"=======returns numeric keyboard
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
You have to use the inputType property to indicate what type of keyboard you want.
For example, say you have 2 edit boxes:
//alphabet keyboard is shown when user focus is on this box
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:inputType="text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
//numeric keyboard is shown when user focus is on this box
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText2"
android:inputType="number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
Related
I have 2 same identical EditText:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/card_num_edit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:digits="0123456789"
android:ems="13"
android:inputType="phone"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textSize="14sp"
/>
Other one:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/phoneRegEdit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:digits="0123456789"
android:ems="13"
android:inputType="phone"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textSize="14sp" />
One of them have a "next one" action button when the virtual keyboard shows up, the other have an "ok" action button.
The "next one" is passing focus to the next EditText but the "ok" is doing nothing just hiding the virtual keyboard.
My question is, what conditions decide which button is showing up? In my opinion Android have a huge deficiency with EditText's focus flow.
It is done by IME_OPTIONs More info here
<EditText android:id="#+id/some_edittext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"><!-- Here you set whatever option you want -->
In my project I am not getting the keypad for EditText but if I type using the keyboard I am able to add the data but in emulator not keypad is visible.
Went to through this post and made changes but no luck.
my XML file
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/button1"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:ems="10" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Brokerage Detail" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/button2"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/button1" >
</ListView>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="AddStock" />
Please help me in solving this issue
You need to Edit your AVD and set both :
Keyboard Lid Support and Keyboard Support to YES
Then restart your AVD. May be it will work.
See avd image below:-
EDIT : To enable soft keyboard in Genymotion
Go to Settings -> Language & input and open the Default item under Keyboard & Input Methods. There is a Hardware setting that you can toggle on/off. When it is on you use your physical keyboard and when it is off the standard soft keyboard should pop-up whenever a text field gets focus.
I have an EditText with inputType = text, because a math expression can be entered.
I would like to have a keyboard that shows numbers along with +, %, - and *.
Not sure what that kind of keyboard is called.
Is there a way for me to set it up without having to change inputType to number.
Thanks!
Use
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="numberDecimal|numberSigned"
android:digits="0123456789.+-*/%()"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="phone"
android:digits="0123456789.+-*/"
android:id="#+id/inputs"
/>
Try setting input type to your EditText
<EditText android:inputType="number" ... />
EDIT
There's another option for better customization here
AndroidDoc Use the inputType numberDecimal|numberSigned for calculator
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="numberDecimal|numberSigned" >
</EditText>
I want to open only numeric keyboard with input type numeric password. Code is as follows.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/passcode1"
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:inputType="numberPassword"
android:maxLength="4"
android:singleLine="true" />
Everything working great but Soft Keyboard opens with special symbols and numeric digits. I want only numeric digits must be visible there.
Thanks.
Please change android:inputType="numberPassword"
to
android:inputType="number|textPassword"
I was wondering if its possible to change magnifying glass on the Search button to text "Search". We want to preserve the imeOptions setting to android:imeOptions="actionSearch" because we respond to a certain event.
Here is what I have:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/txtSearch"
android:textSize="14px"
android:textColor="#color/main_text_black"
android:layout_width="189px"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:singleLine="true"
android:background="#null"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="24px"/>
Tried this:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/txtSearch"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textColor="#color/main_text_black"
android:layout_width="247dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
android:imeActionLabel="Search"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:singleLine="true"
android:background="#null"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="38dp"/>
This only works in landscape mode which our app does not support and the word Search shows up in the wrong place.
You can try it!
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edt_search_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
android:inputType="text"/>
No, this is impossible unless you implement your own Keyboard for that EditText. The Text (or icons) on the keys of a keyboard is controlled by the person who wrote the keyboard.