You sure this doesn't just work like that by default? Obviously, the UI of a IME allows the user to continue using the main app.
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:04:01 AM UTC+8, tsukishiro wrote: > > Hmmm... I'm not sure if what I really want is to extend another app. > Basically, I have a customized IME that is loosely based on the Android API > Demo SoftKeyboard. In this custom IME, I want to launch a translucent > Activity that holds a few widgets (like Buttons and TextViews) as my > InputView. In other words, instead of using the usual KeyboardView as the > InputView, I will be displaying the translucent Activity to serve as my > on-screen keyboard. > > Because only a portion of the translucent Activity actually holds the > widgets, I wish to let touch events in any part of the translucent Activity > that is not a part of the so-called on-screen keyboard to pass through to > the Activity that is behind it. To do this, I will have to invoke > dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) method of the Activity that is behind > my translucent Activity. This is the reason why I want to get a reference > to the Activity that launches my IME. > > Is there an alternative way to the end-goal I plan to do? > Thanks for your replies guys! > - tsukishiro > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:13:15 AM UTC+9, Kristopher Micinski wrote: >> >> I think this goes in the "i want to extend another app" category, >> which is asked a lot here.. >> >> kris >> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:15 AM, tsukishiro <tsukishir...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Now I want to get a reference to the new contact activity from which my >> >> IME was launched. Is this possible? >> > >> > >> > If you explain what you hoped to accomplish with such functionality, >> perhaps >> > someone could offer alternative suggestions. >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
