yes. wen the user presses the key, the text len increases. wen the text len increases, the thread checks for the length. if the length exceeds, message is sent. at the message handler, message is received. wen the message is received, dialog box is displayed.
this must be self explanatory. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dude, i want to show the alert dialog box ONLY when user press any key > on the keyboard(softkeypad), if user dont press any key no alert box > will pop-up. Is your sol. provides this functionality?? > > On Jul 2, 3:42 pm, Saurav Mukherjee <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > > > 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 <[email protected] > > > > > 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 - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
