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Base classes for writing input methods (such as software keyboards). These APIs are not for use by
normal applications, they are a framework specifically for writing input
method components. Implementations will typically derive from
InputMethodService.
Interfaces
Classes
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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Implementations will typically derive from [InputMethodService](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService).\n\nInterfaces\n----------\n\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|\n| [KeyboardView.OnKeyboardActionListener](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/KeyboardView.OnKeyboardActionListener) | Listener for virtual keyboard events. |\n\nClasses\n-------\n\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [AbstractInputMethodService](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService) | AbstractInputMethodService provides a abstract base class for input methods. |\n| [AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodImpl) | Base class for derived classes to implement their [InputMethod](/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod) interface. |\n| [AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodSessionImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodSessionImpl) | Base class for derived classes to implement their [InputMethodSession](/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSession) interface. |\n| [ExtractEditText](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/ExtractEditText) | Specialization of [EditText](/reference/android/widget/EditText) for showing and interacting with the extracted text in a full-screen input method. |\n| [InputMethodService](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService) | InputMethodService provides a standard implementation of an InputMethod, which final implementations can derive from and customize. |\n| [InputMethodService.InputMethodImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.InputMethodImpl) | Concrete implementation of [AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodImpl) that provides all of the standard behavior for an input method. |\n| [InputMethodService.InputMethodSessionImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.InputMethodSessionImpl) | Concrete implementation of [AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodSessionImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodSessionImpl) that provides all of the standard behavior for an input method session. |\n| [InputMethodService.Insets](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.Insets) | Information about where interesting parts of the input method UI appear. |\n| [Keyboard](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard) | *This class was deprecated in API level 29. This class is deprecated because this is just a convenient UI widget class that application developers can re-implement on top of existing public APIs. If you have already depended on this class, consider copying the implementation from AOSP into your project or re-implementing a similar widget by yourselves* |\n| [Keyboard.Key](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard.Key) | Class for describing the position and characteristics of a single key in the keyboard. |\n| [Keyboard.Row](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard.Row) | Container for keys in the keyboard. |\n| [KeyboardView](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/KeyboardView) | *This class was deprecated in API level 29. This class is deprecated because this is just a convenient UI widget class that application developers can re-implement on top of existing public APIs. If you have already depended on this class, consider copying the implementation from AOSP into your project or re-implementing a similar widget by yourselves* |\n\n-\n\n Interfaces\n ----------\n\n - [KeyboardView.OnKeyboardActionListener](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/KeyboardView.OnKeyboardActionListener)\n-\n\n Classes\n -------\n\n - [AbstractInputMethodService](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService)\n - [AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodImpl)\n - [AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodSessionImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/AbstractInputMethodService.AbstractInputMethodSessionImpl)\n - [ExtractEditText](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/ExtractEditText)\n - [InputMethodService](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService)\n - [InputMethodService.InputMethodImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.InputMethodImpl)\n - [InputMethodService.InputMethodSessionImpl](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.InputMethodSessionImpl)\n - [InputMethodService.Insets](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.Insets)\n - [Keyboard](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard)\n - [Keyboard.Key](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard.Key)\n - [Keyboard.Row](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard.Row)\n - [KeyboardView](/reference/android/inputmethodservice/KeyboardView)"]]
