Although this new behavior may be more realistic I also find it extremely confusing, especially because this is the default configuration for the Android 4 AVD. Most tablets and smartphones have an onscreen keyboard and new developers therefore expect it to appear, but here it is missing by default. For me it was also not very obvious how to add it. The trick was to first add the "Keyboard support" property for the AVD (which will default to "yes") and then set it to "no" to turn off the physical keyboard, which in turn enables the virtual keyboard. Also having to choose between being able to see the onscreen keyboard *or* using the PC keyboard for input is IMHO a major drawback during development.
Regards, Anguel Stankov ALPHALAS GmbH www.alphalas.com On Oct 19, 8:34 pm, sblantipodi <[email protected]> wrote: > done it. > with previous SDK I can use both keyboard and virtual keyboard, > this is a "strange news" from ice cream sdk. > > On Oct 19, 8:44 pm, Xavier Ducrohet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > You can edit the AVD to not have a keyboard (it's in the hardware > > properties). But then you won't be able to use your computer keyboard. > > > This is due to change in the input handling in the emulator that had > > to be brought closer to how devices actually work. > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:12 AM, sblantipodi > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm not able to show virtual keyboard on android 4 emulator. > > > > Generally if I tap on a textbox on a simulator that doesn't have a > > > physical keyboard the virtual keyboard popup. > > > With Android 4 I'm really not able to show virtual keyboard. > > > > Any help is appeciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > -- > > Xavier Ducrohet > > Android SDK Tech Lead > > Google Inc.http://developer.android.com|http://tools.android.com > > > Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! -- 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
