Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Dianne Hackborn
No, the whole point is the user must explicitly decide they want to enable the IME, with the associated warning to them. On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 9:03 PM, xeagle xeagle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'd like my IME is enabled when settings of my IME is launched so that user do not need go to

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Brill Pappin
Yah, I've had a tone of trouble with my users not understanding how to enable to my IME's. I don't want to do it for them however. What would be good is a way to allow them to click buttons in my app to enable it. At the moment, I found that providing a launch app with installation

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Brill Pappin br...@pappin.ca wrote: Yah, I've had a tone of trouble with my users not understanding how to enable to my IME's. I don't want to do it for them however. What would be good is a way to allow them to click buttons in my app to enable it. Um.

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Brill Pappin
Thats a good point :) However launching the settings would actually be helpful and exactly what I've been meaning to look into. Combine it with adding a convenient text field they can long-click in should help. I do get a lot of people rating-down or complaining because they didn't read the

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Dianne Hackborn
It would be entirely possible for other people to do that kind of application verification, if they want. I wouldn't want to do this as a certificate, indicating the app gets some special trust relationship with the platform -- that puts the good stuff in the hands of whatever party is

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Brill Pappin
Oh i don't know... not that I like the SSL certificate system, but it does seem to work and i think they do stand by their issued certificates. In that case its a bit easier because they don't verify that the server running the ssl cert is not malicious but they do verify the entity that

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Dianne Hackborn
As far as I know, Verisign and other cert authorities are primarily validating that the entity holding the certificate is who they say they are. That is not what you seem to be looking for. You seem to be asking for someone to independently assure users that code signed by the authority will not

Re: [android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-17 Thread Brill Pappin
Yes I agree. I'm saying that validating the entity goes a long way toward assurance. People are much less likely to dupe a user if everyone knows who they are. Nothing is perfect, but it can be improved. - Brill Pappin Sent from my Samsung Captivate(tm) on Rogers Dianne Hackborn

[android-developers] Does Android provide API to enable my IME

2011-01-16 Thread xeagle
Hi, I'd like my IME is enabled when settings of my IME is launched so that user do not need go to Lanuage Keyboard settings. Does Android provide this kind of API? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send