Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Aki
I wouldn't worry about users finding it, my target users will already know them. Anyway, I'll give the custom EditText a shot, otherwise I'll have to figure something else out. Thanks for the help :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Develop

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Aki wrote: > Thank you for the elaborate answer Mark. I will try out extending EditText. > > You see, I came up with the idea of key combinations because I needed > something corresponding to a shortcut, without taking up screen space. I have no idea what a "shortc

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Aki
Thank you for the elaborate answer Mark. I will try out extending EditText. You see, I came up with the idea of key combinations because I needed something corresponding to a shortcut, without taking up screen space. I am unwilling to use long clicks or gestures as they take too long to execute

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Aki wrote: > Surprisingly I am able to detect the key press event of the ENTER key of the > soft keyboard, but not of the character keys. > That doesn't seem like very consistent behaviour, if they don't work, none > of them should work. Whats is special about the E

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Aki wrote: > Thats sad. Actually I need to detect Key combos. I figured detecting the key > press events was the best way to proceed. Can you suggest an alternative? > Some way using which I will be able to detect key combinations? I would not recommend using key c

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Aki
Surprisingly I am able to detect the key press event of the ENTER key of the soft keyboard, but not of the character keys. That doesn't seem like very consistent behaviour, if they don't work, none of them should work. Whats is special about the ENTER key? -- You received this message because y

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Aki
Thats sad. Actually I need to detect Key combos. I figured detecting the key press events was the best way to proceed. Can you suggest an alternative? Some way using which I will be able to detect key combinations? I know key combinations are not an Android convention. Still, I would like to try

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Mark Murphy
I'll be surprised if this is possible. For starters, it might not be a keyboard and therefore may not have the concept of "keys", such as: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.access_company.graffiti&hl=en On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Aki wrote: > Apparently the onKeyListener doesn't wor

[android-developers] Re: EditText key press

2011-11-01 Thread Aki
Apparently the onKeyListener doesn't work for soft keyboards, and I cannot use a TextWatcher as I need the specific KEY_UP and KEY_DOWN events. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-de