so do you mean, like when the cursor is placed into the edit text? you can do that, I do that to hide views to make room for the IME.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> as a general rule you should not be doing anything from a click on an > EditText'' > > ok, is there a way to be notified that the user intends to start > entering input into an EditText then? I want to display a little image > when the user either: > > A) clicks on the EditText > B) touches the EditText. > > I don't want to display the image when the EditText simply gets focus, > because that occurs when the user scrolls over the EditText with the > trackball (for my users, different then explicitly tapping the field > or scrolling to it, then hitting DPAD_CENTER). > > There must be some way to know when an EditText is ready for editing > by the user, without breaking other aspects of the system? > > Thanks > > > > On Dec 3, 12:07 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > isActive() asks about whether a local view is an active target, nothing > > about whether the IME is displayed: > > > > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/Input...() > > > > I can't say off-hand why setting a click listener would prevent the IME > from > > being shown, but as a general rule you should not be doing anything from > a > > click on an EditText, since this is dedicated to displaying the IME. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Ah phew ok at least I'm not the only one seeing that behavior! In my > > > UI, when the user clicks on the EditText, I want to expand some other > > > UI elements - something like a list pops up with suggested keywords - > > > it works, but it has the side effect of blocking the IME keypad from > > > coming up. > > > > > However, if I try running a test to see if a keypad is active for the > > > EditText that was clicked, like: > > > > > InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getContext > > > ().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); > > > if (imm.isActive()) { > > > Log.d(TAG, "yes the keypad is active."); > > > } > > > > > it reports true. So maybe it does somehow display but gets hidden or > > > something? I don't know. > > > > > Thanks > > > > > On Dec 2, 9:43 pm, Steve Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ahhh, ok, so maybe I was not totally understanding you, and now I see > my > > > > text field does the same thing -- if you touch it, you get the IME, > but > > > if > > > > you click it with the trackball press, no keyboard. Although I'm not > > > sure > > > > why a user would need to do that? > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > > > > Thanks for taking a look - maybe I haven't set a parameter on my > edit > > > > > text then? I'm doing: > > > > > > > EditText et = new EditText(context); > > > > > et.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT); > > > > > et.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH); > > > > > et.setOnTouchListener(...); // touch listener works perfectly. > > > > > et.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { > > > > > public void onClick(View arg0) { > > > > > Log.d(TAG, "We were clicked!"); > > > > > } > > > > > }); > > > > > > > so click always prints the message, it's just that the IME keyboard > > > > > doesn't come up for me when the handler is added. Take away the > call > > > > > to setOnClickListener(), and the keyboard appears again. I'll try > > > > > writing another test for it, > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 9:30 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I just dug into an edit text I was working on a while back, and I > see > > > > > > I used setOnKeyListener and setOnTouchListener in addition to > > > > > > setOnClickListener. Not 100% that I remember why I had to do > that :) > > > > > > but in any case the soft keyboard will open when you click or > touch > > > > > > the edit text, and also you can track all of its keystrokes. And > I > > > > > > can track when the edit text is clicked. > > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 11:46 am, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Still stuck on this, if anyone has a suggested work around - I > > > > > > > basically just want to know when an EditText is clicked, but > also > > > make > > > > > > > sure the IME keypad is displayed when clicked (the > OnClickListener > > > > > > > seems to block that default behavior). > > > > > > > > > I tried to check if the keypad is visible/active with the > > > following, > > > > > > > but it always reports true, however I can't see it on screen: > > > > > > > > > InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getContext > > > > > > > ().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); > > > > > > > if (imm.isActive() == false) { > > > > > > > Log.d(TAG, "key pad is not active."); > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > is there another way to check if the keypad is really visible? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > On Nov 30, 1:35 am, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I have an EditText. If I set an OnClickListener for it, > > > theimekeypad > > > > > > > > doesn't appear when I click it (using the trackball on the > G1): > > > > > > > > > > EditText edit = new EditText(context); > > > > > > > > edit.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { > > > > > > > > public void onClick(View v) { > > > > > > > > //imekeypad won't appear when this is set and > clicked. > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > }); > > > > > > > > > > if I don't set the click listener, the keypad will appear > when > > > > > > > > clicked. Is this expected behavior, or am I doing something > > > wrong? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [email protected]> > > > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%252Bu > [email protected]> > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > Android mobile application developmenthttp:// > steveoliverc.wordpress.com/ > > > > > -- > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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