There is some old code that allows for text input with a 12-key keypad,
though who knows if it still works.  This is certainly something that -can-
be made to work, but as an official part of the platform, but there are no
plans to do so at this point.

You can look at MultiTapKeyListener for some of the existing code for this.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Kieran Bingham <kieranbing...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi Guys,
>
> We've been pondering about how to tie all these android things together,
> and we're wondering how to deal with text entry.
>
> How would we (or does android already) deal with input from the number
> keys, as in writing text messages on the old nokia's, or would android
> require a full qwerty system?
>
> I think the device we'll be porting to is likely to have only a 5x5
> keypad entry, so we'll have to cope with text entry on that device.
>
> --
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Kieran
>
> >
>


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