It may be broken. I don't know the state of the code you are working with.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Paranoia <zheny...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for such a quick reply! > please see my comments in line. > > On Mar 27, 3:14 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Paranoia <zheny...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 1. why InputMethodService force the ime developer to follow the fixed > > > layout - extracted text, candidate view and input view. i want to > > > layout them by myself. can i do this via derive the > > > AbstractInputMethodService? if yes, can android team keep this > > > abstract class always open and stable? > > > > I would strongly recommend against using that directly. Using > > InputMethodService isn't really going to limit what you can do, and it > takes > > care of a lot of the details of interacting correctly with the > application. > > > > There is a lot of default functionality in InputMethodService for > providing > > the correct standard behavior for an IME. If you want to force > particular > > behavior, there are various methods you can override to impact that. > Just > > go through the methods and see what you want to do. > > > > For example, if you want to do your own candidate view, just do that. > Don't > > call the method to show the candidate view. Likewise if you want to > always > > run in fullscreen/extract mode, then implement the method that decides > when > > to be in that mode and just always do it. > > > > > BTW: InputMethodService is > > > really hard to use. > > > > Well writing a well behaving input method is a little harder than writing > a > > regular application. :) > > > > > 2. what's the correct behavior of the InputConnection.commitText? > > > i write the following code. but it can not satisfy me. > > > ... > > > InputConnection ic = getInputConnection(); > > > ic.commitText(textA, 1); > > > ic.commitText(textB, 0); > > > > > i want the cursor to before the textB and after the textA. but it > > > always be present after textB. > > > > Use -1 for the second param; I am pretty sure the doc explains how the > > cursor position argument works. > > i tried this the cursor is moved before textA.... > let me summarize the test result. (i use "|" to represent the cursor) > > ic.commitText(textA, 1); > ic.commitText(textB, 0); > result: textA textB | > > ic.commitText(textA, 1); > ic.commitText(textB, -1); > result: | textA textB > > I want this: > result: textA | textB > > actually, i found that the results are same whatever the > newCursorPosition is 0 or 1. seems it's not so consistent with the > comment. > > > > > > > Also please note... there is not yet an SDK for cupcake, these are all > new > > APIs, I have no idea of what build you are working against, and depending > on > > which that is various things may or may not be broken, or have changed, > or > > whatever else. > > Thank you for you advice. I have been following the code changes for a > long time. :-) > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
