I have been trying to modify the SoftKeyboard example to insert a custom layout of buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons etc, but I was unable to do so. The keyboard shows as blank each time I try using it. I tried modifying qwerty.xml as well as input.xml, but no luck.
Is this even possible using the SoftKeyboard sample, or by any other means?
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I want to create a custom keyboard like below, where the icon will be there in suggestions, on clicking that will open a separate view in the key I attached screens, I don't know how to start
And also there should be a edit text in it.
I should be able to enter text in both places
Here
is custom keyboard sample, You can get the idea about how to start
I managed to create a simple qwerty android keyboard with a tutorial
I just edited the layout to be a qwerty keyboard. now I want to add a second keyboard "view" with around 50 Unicode characters and have an option in the keyboard to switch between the "views" using a button. This is similar to the qwerty and symbols view of the default softkeyboards.
I found this online but I am not sure how to use that (how to get the imeToken, should I somehow initialize both layouts first, I basically don't have any idea how to start)
I am making a keyboard with custom images which i have to "copy to clipboard" when clicked. I have followed this tutorial for making a working keyboard. On press a key i am also able to change keyboard layout. Now i want to change background and font of each keys of keyboard and also i want to add given images in gridview. I googled things but couldn't find the perfect one.
Any link for tutorial will also appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I'm developing a custom Android keyboard. I started to develop my keyboard, based on this tutorial. However, I want my keyboard to have customized view instead of the default keyboard view. To be specific, I want to use listview to select words. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance.
You don't have to use the KeyboardView widget.. just put whatever views you want into the keyboard.xml layout file.
I haven't tried using listviews, but I know that normal layouts/buttons/imageviews/textviews work fine.
Is there any way to input special characters (which are not present in the default soft keyboard ,eg. theta) in an Android EditText?
Thanks..
Well as per your need, I would like to suggest to create a custom keyboard because the stock keyboard which comes with the device may not have the special characters you need.
You can refer the following tutorial to create a custom keyboard
http://www.fampennings.nl/maarten/android/09keyboard/index.htm
or you can see this search result which may serve your purpose,
https://github.com/search?q=android+custom+keyboard&ref=cmdform
And from below site you can get the list of Unicode characters which Android supports,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
http://unicode-table.com/en/#0026
Note: Writing the whole code to create a custom keyboard is beyond the scope of this answer, so I mentioned the reference link.
What you are going to do is to create a custom keyboard. First thing you want is to hide the default keyboard when an EditText is focused:
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
Now, you must create a custom layout (RelativeLayout or Multiple LinearLayouts this is your desire), create and set text to the buttons that you want to show. Make this keyboard view setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE) or setVisibility(View.GONE), and whenever your EditText is focused, make it setVisibility(View.VISIBLE).
After keyboard is visible, programming the rest is up to you it is practically easy.
If you also need a guide, here is an example.