I thought about that, but the problem is that my app needs additional math symbols but it still needs the regular android keyboard as well. Is there a way to allow my users to toggle from my custom keyboard to the built-in android keyboard without registering my keyboard as an input method? How do I even get to use my keyboard in my app without registering it as an input method?
On Dec 31 2009, 9:50 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > This is really not how the input method framework is supposed to work. An > IME should be a generic input facility, not for a particular application. > If you need some app-specific input, you should build it into your UI > rather than pushing it out to a generic IME. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:46 PM, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > what a bummer, wish I had more room in the app description to explain > > to my users how to enable and use the keyboard that goes with my app. > > One other question, does anyone know how to move the cursor in an edit > > text box. I want one of my buttons to make a square root symbol with > > two parentheses, and have the cursor be in the middle of them. > > thanks! > > Nathan > > > On Dec 29, 10:32 pm, Dai Hiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This class manages input method settings : > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secu... > > > > Unfortunately you can only read those settings and not modify them. > > > I think you should find an other way to do what you want to do. > > > > Kwaku > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:38 PM, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok that was the problem thanks. This leaves me with two questions, > > > > how do I enable the keyboard without making the user do it, and how do > > > > I make it the default keyboard for my app. Thanks for the reply! > > > > > On Dec 28, 10:06 am, Dai Hiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > > >> Did you activate it in Locale & Text Settings ? > > > > >> Kwaku > > > > >> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:53 PM, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > I am wanting to add a custom keyboard for my app, I was taking a > > look > > > >> > at the softkeyboard example on the included sample code in the SDK. > > > >> > When I install it in the emulator it isn't showing up though. I try > > > >> > to access it by longpressing an input box and then clicking select > > > >> > input when the context menu pops up. However, the latin keyboard > > made > > > >> > in the example doesn't show up as one of the options. Am I missing > > > >> > something? Anyone have advice or know of another example I can look > > > >> > at? > > > > >> > -- > > > >> > 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%2Bunsubs > > > >> > [email protected]> > > > >> > For more options, visit this group at > > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > 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%2Bunsubs > > > > [email protected]> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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%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. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
