all right... i will follow this issue. hope for new change.
On Mar 27, 3:46 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> 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.
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