This one looks like a good read on the file-path separators question: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2005/09/17/469941.aspx
-- Mathieu On Aug 25, 10:35 am, bdk <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion, Daniel. > > Actually it appears to me like a new input method would need to be > implemented (by Google...? :) at least for soft-keyboard, so the user > just sees the allowed keys (just the forbidden ones are not shown). > And, with a flag to enable or disable the path-separator char (fun > read:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/10/14/481044.aspx > ) > On the other hand your suggestion seems like a good (the only?) option > for an hardware keyboard. > > I'll go hunting for an 'official' list of locale-specific path > separators... > Maybe it's just Yen, Won and slashes-backslashes... > > best > > -- > Mathieu > > On Aug 24, 6:39 pm, Daniel Drozdzewski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 24 August 2011 17:05,bdk<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I'm showing the user a "Save as..." dialog to save files, and I'd like > > > to disable a set of 'reserved characters' into a related EditText > > > field. > > > > Let's say, something like: > > > > private static final String ReservedChars = "|\\?*<\":>+/'¥"; > > > > (useful read:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename) > > > > I have to be careful not to use chars not compatible with other > > > filesystems like Windows (for instance: ? or " would make the file > > > unusable in a Win* filesystem) > > > > Moreover, I don't want the user to be able to put sequences like "../" > > > or "/foo/bar/filename.xxx" to access other paths. > > > > This also brings up another point: _all_ possible filepath separators > > > should be forbidden (for instance, ¥ is the filepath separator on > > > Japanese locale computers). > > > > So, what would be the most elegant solution to filter out these > > > characters from user input? > > > I'm also thinking about automatically replacing the forbidden chars > > > with underscores, but it's not really user-friendly. > > > > I looked > > > intohttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/InputType.html > > > but something like InputType.TYPE_CLASS_FILE_NAME is missing... > > > > TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI does not seem an option since apparently the > > > soft keyboard ends up containing chars like: / * " ? ¥ and... smileys? > > > > For now I've tried with: > > > > EditText myEditText = new EditText(activity); > > > myEditText.setSingleLine(); > > > myEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | > > > InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI); > > > > to no luck. > > > > Now I'm reading > > > across:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6626283/how-to-use-inputconnection... > > > ... > > > > best > > > Just add a listener to EditText. > > > In the listener you capture the text change event and filter through > > only allowed characters. > > -- > > Daniel Drozdzewski > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
