QwertyKeyListener

public class QwertyKeyListener
extends BaseKeyListener

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.text.method.MetaKeyKeyListener
     ↳ android.text.method.BaseKeyListener
       ↳ android.text.method.QwertyKeyListener


This is the standard key listener for alphabetic input on qwerty keyboards. You should generally not need to instantiate this yourself; TextKeyListener will do it for you.

As for all implementations of KeyListener, this class is only concerned with hardware keyboards. Software input methods have no obligation to trigger the methods in this class.

Summary

Inherited constants

Public constructors

QwertyKeyListener(TextKeyListener.Capitalize cap, boolean autoText)

Public methods

int getInputType()
static QwertyKeyListener getInstance(boolean autoText, TextKeyListener.Capitalize cap)

Returns a new or existing instance with the specified capitalization and correction properties.

static QwertyKeyListener getInstanceForFullKeyboard()

Gets an instance of the listener suitable for use with full keyboards.

static void markAsReplaced(Spannable content, int start, int end, String original)

Marks the specified region of content as having contained original prior to AutoText replacement.

boolean onKeyDown(View view, Editable content, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)

Handles presses of the meta keys.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

QwertyKeyListener

Added in API level 1
public QwertyKeyListener (TextKeyListener.Capitalize cap, 
                boolean autoText)

Parameters
cap TextKeyListener.Capitalize

autoText boolean

Public methods

getInputType

Added in API level 3
public int getInputType ()

Returns
int

getInstance

Added in API level 1
public static QwertyKeyListener getInstance (boolean autoText, 
                TextKeyListener.Capitalize cap)

Returns a new or existing instance with the specified capitalization and correction properties.

Parameters
autoText boolean

cap TextKeyListener.Capitalize

Returns
QwertyKeyListener

getInstanceForFullKeyboard

Added in API level 11
public static QwertyKeyListener getInstanceForFullKeyboard ()

Gets an instance of the listener suitable for use with full keyboards. Disables auto-capitalization, auto-text and long-press initiated on-screen character pickers.

Returns
QwertyKeyListener

markAsReplaced

Added in API level 1
public static void markAsReplaced (Spannable content, 
                int start, 
                int end, 
                String original)

Marks the specified region of content as having contained original prior to AutoText replacement. Call this method when you have done or are about to do an AutoText-style replacement on a region of text and want to let the same mechanism (the user pressing DEL immediately after the change) undo the replacement.

Parameters
content Spannable: the Editable text where the replacement was made

start int: the start of the replaced region

end int: the end of the replaced region; the location of the cursor

original String: the text to be restored if the user presses DEL

onKeyDown

Added in API level 1
public boolean onKeyDown (View view, 
                Editable content, 
                int keyCode, 
                KeyEvent event)

Handles presses of the meta keys.

Parameters
view View

content Editable

keyCode int

event KeyEvent

Returns
boolean