It's such a specific use case I'd suppose the only way to find examples from other floating keyboards :) On Aug 6, 2012 12:26 AM, "Moshe Yakobovich" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Kristopher, > I did Google for it andI was not able to find anything, that's why I asked > here again. If you happen to bump into something useful... > > Thanks > yakobom > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Kristopher Micinski < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There's no sdk standard example for this one... maybe Google for example >> source? >> On Aug 5, 2012 4:10 AM, "yakobom" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks - this seems to be Helpful. According to the documentation, it is >>> indeed what I need. However, I could not figure out how to use it for my >>> goal - make my custom keyboard float. Do you have any example in mind that >>> I could look at? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> yakobom >>> >>> On Sunday, August 5, 2012 4:18:28 AM UTC+3, Dianne Hackborn wrote: >>>> >>>> You can use this to indicate how the application should be positioned >>>> behind your IME: http://developer.android.com/**reference/android/** >>>> inputmethodservice/**InputMethodService.html#**onComputeInsets(android. >>>> **inputmethodservice.**InputMethodService.Insets)<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.html#onComputeInsets(android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService.Insets)> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:35 AM, yakobom <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Dianne, >>>>> "If you design it to be floating so that it doesn't impact app >>>>> content, you can easily put it anywhere" - can you please explain how can >>>>> I >>>>> do that? And, is it possible to design it so this mode will be dynamically >>>>> switchable? (Meaning, the user will be able to switch between the floating >>>>> and the pushing modes) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> yakobom >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 7:14:50 PM UTC+3, Dianne Hackborn wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> In the current platform your IME UI can only push app content up from >>>>>> the bottom of the screen. If you design it to be floating so that it >>>>>> doesn't impact app content, you can easily put it anywhere (if nothing >>>>>> else >>>>>> make the window fill the entire screen and leave all the parts >>>>>> transparent >>>>>> except where you want to draw your UI), but if you want apps to adjust >>>>>> their UI to accommodate the only option is to have their content shift up >>>>>> from the bottom. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Saied <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am a developer and recently completed the implementation of my >>>>>>> keyboard MessagEase. It's available on the Market (with its very- >>>>>>> different features, making it quite unlike QWERTY). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This keyboard works fine as a replacement of the standard keyboard on >>>>>>> an Android Phone. But for a An Android Tablet, it would work best if >>>>>>> it's implemented as a floating, movable keyboard. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (the footprint of this keyboard is mostly dependable on the size of a >>>>>>> human's finger; it remains the same even if the tablet's display is >>>>>>> much larger than a phone's. Therefore it'll take a relatively smaller >>>>>>> area on a tablet.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I use the current SDK hooks, it will have to take a significant >>>>>>> portion of the screen, defeating the purpose. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can someone point me to the right direction in creating a floating >>>>>>> keyboard? or is it possible? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Saied Nesbat, >>>>>>> Exideas (creator of MessagEase) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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@** >>>>>>> googlegroup**s.com <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> android-developers+**unsubscribe**@googlegroups.com<android-developers%[email protected]> >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group**/android-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Dianne Hackborn >>>>>> Android framework engineer >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >>>>>> to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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