A simpler solution would be to implement a textwatcher.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Saurav Mukherjee <
to.saurav.mukher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thats pretty simple. run a thread with a while(no of chars < max){} . wen
> it exceeds, the while stops and then send a Message to a message handler to
> display the dialog box.
>
> u can get the number of chars in the thread by running a
> handler.post(Runnable) method.
>
> hope this help.
>
> cheers!
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Chris <narendrasingh.bi...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Let me tell you what i really want, actually i have to show an alert
>> box saying "max. limit reached" when the characters limit reaches 100,
>> so for that i need to sense the key events occured and show the alert
>> box. As of now i am able to detect computer's keys, emulator's
>> home,power,call,call_end,volume_up/down etc. keys. But im not able to
>> detect the alphabet keys of softkeyboard.I need a way to capture those
>> clicks.Anyways, thanx for ur prompt response.
>>
>> On Jul 2, 3:16 pm, Saurav Mukherjee <to.saurav.mukher...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > well i have not tried capturing the keys from the soft keyboard, but u
>> cud
>> > try out a round abt method for checking the number of chars exceeded. u
>> cud
>> > run a thread tht keeps track of the text entered in the edit text box.
>> wen
>> > it exceeds, delete from the edit text box.
>> >
>> > if u have a better sol please share.
>> > cheers!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Chris <narendrasingh.bi...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi every body
>> > > I am popping an alert box whenever an user exceeds 100 characters in a
>> > > text-box(EditTextPreference).
>> > > Now i am able to capture the hard keyboard's, i.e. computers's
>> > > keyboard, events, but i am not able to capture the sofkeyboard's key
>> > > events.
>> > > There are some keys like numbers, enter, delete etc. in the
>> > > softkeyboard which i am able to capture using onKey, but i am not able
>> > > to capture the alphabets and other keys.
>> > > i also tried setOnKeyboardActionListener, but didnt get the desired
>> > > results,( may be i was not using it correctly).
>> > > Can any one suggest how to capture the click of alphabets on the
>> > > sofkeyboard.
>> >
>> > > Thanks a lot..- Hide quoted text -
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> >
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