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
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