I need some help with a project i'm doing. Hopefully someone can help me :)
I need to change the sound or click the keyboard makes whenever i'm typing in an editText. I need the sound/click to be whatever sound i may prefer (in wave-, mp3- or whatever format).
So, a couple of questions:
Can i change this in the already implemented keyboard?
Or should i make my own keyboard?
if the latter is the case, how do i do that? Can i find the source code somewhere?
I have been looking at other questions regarding how to make your own keyboard. e.g. How do I make my own keyboard for an app in android?
And if i have to make my own keyboard i want to look like this. But how to do it?
Can i change this in the already implemented keyboard?
You can't... it's already built and some manufactures provide their own keyboard implementations.
Or should i make my own keyboard?
Yes, you must.
If the latter is the case, how do i do that? Can i find the source code somewhere?
There are some open source projects of Keyboard implementations... for instance:
https://github.com/g1011999/Gingerbread-Keyboard/
http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/
There you can learn how to write your own keyboard, which is completely different from writing a conventional app.
My suggestion is to create a new fork of the Gingerbread-Keyboard (this supports Android 2.2 or higher only)... and then implement that specific change you want. For one of my apps I did so, and it's far easier than implementing the keyboard from scratch.
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What I need is to add a custom key to android keyboard. I know I can implement my own keyboard but implementing all the functionalities (dictionary, swipe, microphone button etc) sounds like a lot of work. I see two solutions:
modify system keyboard (I expect it not to be possible, but it's
sometimes good to ask :))
create my own keyboard but somehow deriving it from existing one
Is any of these possible? Any other ideas?
After an investigation, answers are:
not possible
not possible
:)
Hey this is a simple question but i can't seem to find an answer for it.
I'm intrested in creating something like a smilies keyboard to be added to the native keyboard so a person can add them in emails/SMS etc.
Now i guess i can edit the OS itself and add it to keyboard, but i was wondering if i can attach to the event that opens the keyboard and edit it?
Again, i'm NOT intrested in a custom keyboard inside my app, i want while my app is open (if possible without, better) to change the regular keyboard.
Is this possible?
i was wondering if i can attach to the event that opens the keyboard and edit it?
No, sorry. That is a different application than yours; you cannot change it at runtime.
You are welcome to build your own input method editor and use that, though. Or, perhaps you could make a contribution to some existing open source input method editor project.
I have created a custom softkeyboard. It works for all the application throughout.
Is it possible to create a softkeyboard so that it can work for a particular application not for all the application.
Any ideas.
Thanks in advance
Here is good explanation of different ways to achieve this.
The Android Nethack application has a complete and clear source code example of how to create a custom keyboard for an application, how to display it on screen and how to define multiple keyboard layouts. It contains pretty much everything you need to know.
It is by far the best example I have seen.
http://code.google.com/p/nethack-android/
Umm, I guess you could integrate your own soft keyboard within your application - and never show the real one. Much work though, but I guess it could be done.
However you cannot force a certain soft keyboard to a certain application, but lots of keyboards support different styles using this in the XML:
android:inputType=""
Perhaps one of those would suit you?
For example if you'd like a keyboard fit for input in the form of email-addresses:
android:inputType="textWebEmailAddress"
Im working in an app to modify the sounds when I key is press in the android soft-keyboard. I have download the sample soft-keyboard from Google. Now Im trying to figure out how to add sound to each or all the keys.
My question is: is it possible to assign a short customize sound to each key?
Can i change this in the already implemented keyboard?
You can't... it's already built and some manufactures provide their own keyboard implementations.
Or should i make my own keyboard?
Yes, you must.
If the latter is the case, how do i do that? Can i find the source code somewhere?
There are some open source projects of Keyboard implementations... for instance:
https://github.com/g1011999/Gingerbread-Keyboard/
http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/
There you can learn how to write your own keyboard, which is completely different from writing a conventional app.
My suggestion is to create a new fork of the Gingerbread-Keyboard (this supports Android 2.2 or higher only)... and then implement that specific change you want. For one of my apps I did so, and it's far easier than implementing the keyboard from scratch.
Is it possible to have the AutoCompleteTextView show the suggestions above the keyboard just like when using the default dictionary? (If yes, how:))
Or can I use my own database to show suggestion when using EditText?
Hope you understand what I mean:)
Thank you
Bastaixen
I don't think this is possible. The suggestions shown above the keyboard are actually part of the IME, so completely unrelated to your application / activity.
The only way to do this would be for you to build-in your own IME and then you can customize what suggestions would be there. You can base it on latinIME, but there are still a couple of things you would need to figure out:
You would need to figure out how to tell Android to use your custom IME in your app. Or, like this answer say, just build in the keyboard in your app.
if your user is using a different keyboard (for different language, or swype or something like that), they would probably not like it much...