added in version 26.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:support-emoji:28.0.0-alpha1
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EmojiEditTextHelper

public final class EmojiEditTextHelper
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.text.emoji.widget.EmojiEditTextHelper

Utility class to enhance custom EditText widgets with EmojiCompat. 

 public class MyEmojiEditText extends EditText {
      public MyEmojiEditText(Context context) {
          super(context);
          init();
      }
      // ...
      private void init() {
          super.setKeyListener(getEmojiEditTextHelper().getKeyListener(getKeyListener()));
      }

      @Override
      public void setKeyListener(android.text.method.KeyListener keyListener) {
          super.setKeyListener(getEmojiEditTextHelper().getKeyListener(keyListener));
      }

      @Override
      public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
          InputConnection inputConnection = super.onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs);
          return getEmojiEditTextHelper().onCreateInputConnection(inputConnection, outAttrs);
      }

      private EmojiEditTextHelper getEmojiEditTextHelper() {
          if (mEmojiEditTextHelper == null) {
              mEmojiEditTextHelper = new EmojiEditTextHelper(this);
          }
          return mEmojiEditTextHelper;
      }
 }

Summary

Public constructors

EmojiEditTextHelper(EditText editText)

Default constructor.

Public methods

KeyListener getKeyListener(KeyListener keyListener)

Attaches EmojiCompat KeyListener to the widget.

int getMaxEmojiCount()

Returns the maximum number of EmojiSpans to be added to a CharSequence.

InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(InputConnection inputConnection, EditorInfo outAttrs)

Updates the InputConnection with emoji support.

void setMaxEmojiCount(int maxEmojiCount)

Set the maximum number of EmojiSpans to be added to a CharSequence.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Public constructors

EmojiEditTextHelper

added in version 26.1.0
EmojiEditTextHelper (EditText editText)

Default constructor.

Parameters
editText EditText: EditText instance

Public methods

getKeyListener

added in version 26.1.0
KeyListener getKeyListener (KeyListener keyListener)

Attaches EmojiCompat KeyListener to the widget. Should be called from setKeyListener(KeyListener). Existing keyListener is wrapped into EmojiCompat KeyListener. When used on devices running API 18 or below, this method returns keyListener that is given as a parameter.

Parameters
keyListener KeyListener: KeyListener passed into setKeyListener(KeyListener)
Returns
KeyListener a new KeyListener instance that wraps keyListener.

getMaxEmojiCount

added in version 26.1.0
int getMaxEmojiCount ()

Returns the maximum number of EmojiSpans to be added to a CharSequence.

Returns
int

onCreateInputConnection

added in version 26.1.0
InputConnection onCreateInputConnection (InputConnection inputConnection, 
                EditorInfo outAttrs)

Updates the InputConnection with emoji support. Should be called from onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo). When used on devices running API 18 or below, this method returns inputConnection that is given as a parameter. If inputConnection is null, returns null.

Parameters
inputConnection InputConnection: InputConnection instance created by TextView
outAttrs EditorInfo: EditorInfo passed into onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo)
Returns
InputConnection a new InputConnection instance that wraps inputConnection

setMaxEmojiCount

added in version 26.1.0
void setMaxEmojiCount (int maxEmojiCount)

Set the maximum number of EmojiSpans to be added to a CharSequence. The number of spans in a CharSequence affects the performance of the EditText insert/delete operations. Insert/delete operations slow down as the number of spans increases.

Parameters
maxEmojiCount int: maximum number of EmojiSpans to be added to a single CharSequence, should be equal or greater than 0