hey, I just had this problem also Change the input type to "Visible Password"
it works On Oct 23, 12:05 pm, Bamsen <bamse...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My first (and very simple) application uses an EditText box to input > information that is not English words. > When I do this i get the candidates view (which I normally love :) > with suggestions for known words. > I do not want to pollute my word list by saving what I typed so I want > to turn off candidates view for this text box. > > I have searched the documentation and WEB but could not find the > answer. > > I have tried two methods: > > 1. Set the XML property "input type" to various values. > With this I can't find one that lets me input 'raw' text without a > candidates view. > > 2. Use InputMethodService > static InputMethodService mInputService; > mInputService=new InputMethodService(); > mInputService.setCandidatesViewShown(false); > Whenever i try the last line my app 'has stopped unexpectedly' > > I would prefer to understand the second method, but would be happy for > the first one to work, for now. :) > > Any and all help is greatly appreciated. > > -- > Morten --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---