Thanks, but that does not solve my problem. I specify android:digits because the acceptable characters for the EditText are more than just numerals. From my brief perusal of the IME samples in the SDK (not the actual Android source code), specifying android:digits always brings up the qwerty soft keyboard, which is not what I want.
On Apr 5, 4:26 am, Kumar Bibek <[email protected]> wrote: > For your edit text, use this property. > android:inputType="number" > > This will pop up thekeyboardwith numbers only. But in this case you > will not be able to enter anything other than numbers. > Thanks and Regards, > Kumar Bibek > > On Apr 5, 12:57 am, Nmix <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have an EditText that specifies android:digits where all the > > specified characters are on the standard symbols softkeyboard. > > Unfortunately it seems that just using android:digits is enough to > > always cause the qwertykeyboardto pop up. Always having to press the > > 123? key for that one EditText is a bit inconvenient for my users and, > > sad to say, it's a difficult concept for a few. > > > Apart from writing up a custom IME, is there a way toforcethe > > symbolskeyboardon an EditText? I did look around and even try a few > > things, but I'm now thinking this isn't possible. Hopefully I'm 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
