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Asked: 2026-06-13T22:14:54+00:00

I am creating a test-application in android and playing with the keyboard. I want

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I am creating a test-application in android and playing with the keyboard.

I want to create a custom keybaord layout with my own arrow keys(like in some commercial products).

What I am unable to find is :

  1. how do we get the view which has focus in any application? The keyboard is running as service, and i need this to be usable in all applications. I cannot call findById as this might be some third party application.

  2. When I click the arrow keys, the cursor should move(up, down, left, right) in the view the cursor is currently in.

Any idea how to start this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I used the following function:

    sendDownUpKeyEvents(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT);
sendDownUpKeyEvents(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT);
sendDownUpKeyEvents(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_UP);
sendDownUpKeyEvents(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN);

    respectively

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