You would get farther by trying at doing this for a while and then showing
what you tried...
On Aug 6, 2012 1:16 AM, "Moshe Yakobovich" <yako...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree, and again - if you bump into something, please let me know. I
> googled a lot and came out with nothing. Found a good example keyboard, but
> it's code is not available.
>
> yakobom
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Kristopher Micinski <
> krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's such a specific use case I'd suppose the only way to find examples
>> from other floating keyboards :)
>> On Aug 6, 2012 12:26 AM, "Moshe Yakobovich" <yako...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kristopher,
>>> I did Google for it andI was not able to find anything, that's why I
>>> asked here again. If you happen to bump into something useful...
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> yakobom
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Kristopher Micinski <
>>> krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's no sdk standard example for this one... maybe Google for
>>>> example source?
>>>> On Aug 5, 2012 4:10 AM, "yakobom" <yako...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks - this seems to be Helpful. According to the documentation, it
>>>>> is indeed what I need. However, I could not figure out how to use it for 
>>>>> my
>>>>> goal - make my custom keyboard float. Do you have any example in mind that
>>>>> I could look at?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> yakobom
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, August 5, 2012 4:18:28 AM UTC+3, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can use this to indicate how the application should be positioned
>>>>>> behind your IME:  http://developer.android.com/**reference/android/**
>>>>>> inputmethodservice/**InputMethodService.html#**
>>>>>> onComputeInsets(android.**inputmethodservice.**
>>>>>> InputMethodService.Insets)<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.html#onComputeInsets(android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService.Insets)>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:35 AM, yakobom <yako...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Dianne,
>>>>>>> "If you design it to be floating so that it doesn't impact app
>>>>>>> content, you can easily put it anywhere" - can you please explain how 
>>>>>>> can I
>>>>>>> do that? And, is it possible to design it so this mode will be 
>>>>>>> dynamically
>>>>>>> switchable? (Meaning, the user will be able to switch between the 
>>>>>>> floating
>>>>>>> and the pushing modes)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> yakobom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 7:14:50 PM UTC+3, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the current platform your IME UI can only push app content up
>>>>>>>> from the bottom of the screen.  If you design it to be floating so 
>>>>>>>> that it
>>>>>>>> doesn't impact app content, you can easily put it anywhere (if nothing 
>>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>>> make the window fill the entire screen and leave all the parts 
>>>>>>>> transparent
>>>>>>>> except where you want to draw your UI), but if you want apps to adjust
>>>>>>>> their UI to accommodate the only option is to have their content shift 
>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>> from the bottom.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Saied <saie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am a developer and recently completed the implementation of my
>>>>>>>>> keyboard MessagEase. It's available on the Market (with its very-
>>>>>>>>> different features, making it quite unlike QWERTY).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This keyboard works fine as a replacement of the standard keyboard
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> an Android Phone. But for a An Android Tablet, it would work best
>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>> it's implemented as a floating, movable keyboard.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (the footprint of this keyboard is mostly dependable on the size
>>>>>>>>> of a
>>>>>>>>> human's finger; it remains the same even if the tablet's display is
>>>>>>>>> much larger than a phone's. Therefore it'll take a relatively
>>>>>>>>> smaller
>>>>>>>>> area on a tablet.)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If I use the current SDK hooks, it will have to take a significant
>>>>>>>>> portion of the screen, defeating the purpose.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can someone point me to the right direction in creating a floating
>>>>>>>>> keyboard? or is it possible?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Saied Nesbat,
>>>>>>>>> Exideas (creator of MessagEase)
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