Thanks for your reply - You are able to switch the keyboard programmatically if you are the current IME token holder. My struggle is to request this change temporarily.
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:45:35 PM UTC, Brill Pappin wrote: > > Unless things have changed recently, you can't programatically change the > input method because its too great a security risk. > > e.g. I could replace your keyboard with one that looked exactly the same > but captured everything you typed and sent it to my mob friends. In a day I > could have all your passwords, credit card numbers, security codes, love > letters, etc. > > By forcing you to ask the user to change it, it gives the user the > opportunity to decide if they trust the alternate input method. > Of course, I'm not as up to speed on the most recent android versions, so > if things have changed, someone will point it out I'm sure. > > > > On Thursday, 14 February 2013 08:44:54 UTC-5, brandall wrote: >> >> My application has an inbuilt IME which the user has set to their >> default. In certain situations within my app (I won't bore you with which), >> I need to automatically switch to an alternative keyboard, but just for >> that one view - as soon as the user clicks on another view (or exits the >> application), it will return to my default IME. >> >> I've tried so many options to accomplish this, but enabling another IME >> in any way is making it the users default IME from then on. >> >> I have the imeToken, so switching to another IME is not a problem, but >> making this temporary is proving impossible.... Displaying the input method >> picker is a cumbersome method. >> >> Is this by design and am I therefore drawing a blank? >> >> >> -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
