Thanks man , i will try this solution , looks like it will solve my problem.
On Jul 2, 4:12 pm, Saurav Mukherjee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
