As is typical with questions that I ask, I found the answer soon after
posting.
The answer was to create a character map.
So, I have this line in my OnCreate:
mKMap = KeyCharacterMap.load(KeyCharacterMap.BUILT_IN_KEYBOARD);
and this line in my OnKeyDown
int c = mKMap.get(keyCode, (mToggleAlt ? KeyEvent.META_ALT_ON : 0));
and I get what I need.
Thanks,
Mike
On Nov 22, 1:22 am, Secretly Mike Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to use OnKeyDown to find out what key was pressed; however,
> when I want, say *, it always returns 8 (or rather KeyEvent.KEYCODE_8,
> or I can use any one of a number of KeyEvent methods to get the
> unicode value for 8, but not *).
>
> If I press Alt then 8, I'll get the key down for Alt, but when I press
> 8, neither isAltPressed nor getMetaState indicate that the Alt was
> pressed. Nonetheless, in a text field, this will give me a *, but in
> my app, I get an 8.
>
> Do I need to manually keep track of whether the Alt key was pressed
> and then map the non-alt key to the alt-key value? That seems wrong,
> since it's possible that future phones might not have the same
> keyboard layout. Even the keyboard layout of the emulator and the G1
> don't exactly match. My emulator has /? to the right of the space
> key, but my G1 has ./
>
> If you need example code:
>
> public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent msg) {
> switch (keyCode) {
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_0:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_1:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_2:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_3:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_4:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_5:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_6:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_7:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_8:
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_9:
> AppendNumber(keyCode - KeyEvent.KEYCODE_0);
> return true;
> case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_STAR: //this never gets called because
> I'm always getting KEYCODE_8.
> AppendOp("*");
> return true;
> }
>
> return false;
> }
>
> Note that I've tried it with getting the code from msg with no luck.
> Any help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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