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android EditText imeOption OnClick

With a Button it is simple,
<Button
android:blablabla="blabla"
...
android:onClick="doSomething" />
this will preform the doSomething(View) function.
How can we mimic this with an EditText ?
I have read about this and i read that most people use an imeOptions (which still seems necessary) and then implement a actionListener on that EditText object.
This is were i'm lost.
Is there a way to implement the "Done"-action (or send or...) from our keyboard to a onClick function like we do with a Button, or do we need to explicitly implement the listener ?
Regards !

The below code will perform some action when you press the Done key in the softkeyboard.
editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if(actionId==EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE){
//do your actions here that you like to perform when done is pressed
//Its advised to check for empty edit text and other related
//conditions before preforming required actions
}
return false;
}
});
Hope it helps !!

I am assuming what you are wanting to do is run some code when the EditText is clicked?
If so, I have found a solution from another thread on the site:
EditText myEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEditText);
myEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (hasFocus) {
then do this code here
}
}
});
via: A better way to OnClick for EditText fields?

Android click on EditText won't show softkeyboard

It happens when the user dismisses the softkeyboard and then tries to click/gain focus on the EditText again, nothing happens only the cursor is shown - I want to show the keyboard again.
I've tried:
Using an onclick event
Using a focuschanged event
Changing properties of the EditText (focusable etc...)
Note: I am currently using Paranoid Android. The EditText is Multiline.

I found the solution, I just had to remove the following attribute from my EditText:
android:textIsSelectable="true"

Please start by omitting any requestFocus defined for your EditText.
there's a known bug that prevents keyboard from showning if the latter is set.
If that doesn't work for you, create a focus listener and in it programmatically open the virt keyboard:
editTxt.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if(hasFocus) {
// show keyboard
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Service.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(editTxt, 0);
}
}
});

Here is a solution:
final InputMethodManager imm=(InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
EditText e= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
e.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
imm.showSoftInput(e, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}
});
e.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(actionId==EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO){
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(e.getWindowToken(), 0);
//Do you work here
}
return false;
}
});
and the edittext will be:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:imeOptions="actionGo"/>

OnKeyListener for dialog is not get called

My question is, OnKeyListener for dialog is not getting called when touch setting button of keyboard, but it's working well when touch on tab button, backward button.
So if you have any solution, it will be appriciable. thanks
dialog.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
#Override
public boolean onKey(DialogInterface dialog, int keyCode,
KeyEvent event) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Log.d("", "on key press");
return false;
}
});

When you press a button on the Keyboard that will affect your application, it will fire OnKeyListener event.
The setting button on the keyboards are only related to that keyboard and will not fire any event. This is impossible.

EditText focus in android

In my application when I click an EditText, I have to perform some logic. I have the code. But it is not going into the click method.
My code:
EditText des=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.desinc);
des.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
java.lang.System.out.println("Inside click");
EditText income=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String inc=income.getText().toString();
int indexOFdec = inc.indexOf(".");
java.lang.System.out.println("index="+indexOFdec);
if(indexOFdec==0)
{
java.lang.System.out.println("inside index");
income.setText(inc+".00");
}
}
});
What am I doing wrong? Help me.

Try overriding onTouch by setting up an onTouchListener in the same way as an onClickListener. Use this code as a reference.
EditText dateEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.date);
date.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
//anything you want to do if user touches/ taps on the edittext box
}
return false;
}
});
UPDATE(why this behavior):
The first click event focuses the control, while the second click event actually fires the OnClickListener. If you disable touch-mode focus with the android:focusableInTouchMode View attribute, the OnClickListener should fire as expected.
You can also try this: set android:focusableInTouchMode="false" for your EditText box in the xml. See if it works with the existing code.

You should use OnFocusChangeListener()

Try clicking EditText twice because at first instance EditText gets focus and after that EditText's click event executes. So, if you want your code to execute on first click write your code for focus change of EditText using OnFocusChangeListener().

Hide keyboard after user searches?

I have an activity where there is an EditText and on enter key search results are shown, so what I simply want to do is to close the keyboard when search results are about to show to prevent the user from having to do it. However if the user wants to refine his search the keyboard should open back up if he taps into the EditText again.
This has been more difficult than I imagined, I've been search and tried a few things most don't even close the keyboard on my HTC, one method where the InputType is set to INPUT_NULL closes the keyboard but it doesn't open afterwards.
Any suggestions on how to do this?

#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
// Your search methods
searchView.clearFocus();
return true;
}
Straight to the point and clean.

The right way to do this:
set imeOptions to "actionSearch"
initialize listeners for input and search button(if provided)
searchEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) {
performSearch();
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
view.findViewById(R.id.bigSearchBar_button).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
performSearch();
}
});
Hide keyboard when user clicks search. To ensure that keyboard won't show when user minimizes and restores Activity you have to remove focus from EditText
private void performSearch() {
searchEditText.clearFocus();
InputMethodManager in = (InputMethodManager)getActivity().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
in.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
... perform search ...
}

I belive this code snippet will close the keyboard:
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditText.getWindowToken(), 0);
if not try this one:
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
let me know if these work