What if I put an invisible EditText in the layout and pull the
keystrokes out of there?

On Nov 7, 8:26 am, LouisB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good day, my application is an Apple 2 Emulator and I’m getting
> reports from MyTouch 3G users that my softkeyboard implementation
> isn’t outputting proper keystrokes for some of the shift keys.  Right
> now everything is captured by doKeyDown via the SurfaceHolder Callback
> so this is understandable.
>
> For example:
> $ returns 4
> % returns 5
> & returns 7
>  ( returns 9
> ) returns 0
> ! returns 1
> " returns 2
> : returns (nothing at the moment)
> ? returns /
>
> I get the notion that the soft keyboard isn't just a virtual keyboard
> – it’s an IME with much more than just keystrokes – but could someone
> help me craft some code that would allow me to capture keys using the
> InputMethodService?  I can’t find any sample code, and it’s a bit
> difficult because I don’t have a text box to bind to – the user is
> simply looking at my SurfaceView running the emulation.  I would like
> to capture the text coming from the soft keyboard and process
> accordingly.
> Thanks!

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