I did have another thought about this, which I think is a dead end: Would it be possible to have the app change the IME on the fly as the control gains focus? I noticed InputMethodManager:setInputMethod(), but I haven't seen any examples of its use. And then I saw a post by Dianne Hackborn saying that it's specifically not allowed to programmatically change the IME - which makes a lot of sense from a security perspective.
I'm just shocked that there's no way to essentially bundle an IME with a custom control. I must be missing something, right? It seems like I'm left to create the IME from scratch using AlertDialog.Builder, so some similar construct. On Feb 27, 4:29 pm, Todd Sjolander <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking to have a custom component (an extended EditText) that > uses its own input method. I've created the input method and the > custom component without issues, but I'm having trouble getting the > component to use the input method. I can use the input method with > the component if I use it as the default IME for the system...but I > only want to use it for this component type, not everything in the > system, or even everything in the app. > > In particular, if I specify the android:inputMethod in the XML when > laying out the component, it can't find the class when it loads the > component: > > <com.test.z800h.display.control.ValidatedNumber > ... > android:inputMethod="com.test.z800h/.Z800HInput" > ... > /> > > leads to: > > 08-01 19:55:45.620: E/AndroidRuntime(5059): Caused by: > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.test.z800h/.Z800HInput > > I've also tried "com.test.z800h.input.Z800HInput" and "com.test.z800h/ > input.Z800HInput". The fully qualified class name is > com.test.z800h.input.Z800HInput. > > This is strange, because this code works: > > Class<?> c; > > try { > c = Class.forName("com.test.z800h.input.Z800HInput"); > } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) { > throw new RuntimeException(ex); > } > > Maybe TextView uses a different class loader that doesn't index the > app's package. > > Of course, I know android:inputMethod is deprecated. From what I can > tell, there really isn't another way to specify an exact input method > for a control. I'd be happy to do it in a non-deprecated way if there > is one. > > Thanks, > ToddSjolander -- 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
