i am trying to select text in android web view with the follow method
KeyEvent shiftPressEvent = new KeyEvent(0,0,
KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN,KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SHIFT_LEFT,0,0);
shiftPressEvent.dispatch(webView);
but while selecting app get crash
log displayed while crash is
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): Build fingerprint: 'archos/g8/G8A/:2.2.1/FROYO/eng.rd.20110419.192729:user/test-keys'
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): pid: 2766, tid: 2766 >>> org.medulla <<<
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), fault addr 00000000
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): r0 005b7a00 r1 beff628c r2 14000101 r3 005b7a00
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): r4 005b7a00 r5 beff628c r6 00000000 r7 beff628c
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): r8 beff6418 r9 4186ba88 10 4186ba70 fp 00000000
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ip 00000000 sp beff6228 lr ab163ad4 pc ab180c44 cpsr 20000010
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d0 643a64696f72646e d1 7fffffff7fffffff
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d2 0000020a7fffffff d3 000002197fffffff
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d4 4402000041f00000 d5 00000000422c0000
02-01 19:17:27.407: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d6 3f0b67ec3f0ba2e9 d7 0000000000000000
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d8 4069400000000000 d9 40695000000000ca
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d10 5575757575551718 d11 5555555555555555
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d12 adadadadadadbec6 d13 adadadadadadadad
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d14 abacacacacaac0c3 d15 abababababababab
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d16 4069400000000000 d17 7e37e43c8800759c
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d18 0000000000000000 d19 0000000000000000
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d20 3ff0000000000000 d21 8000000000000000
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d22 0000000000000000 d23 0016000400080014
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d24 0005003f003f0000 d25 002d000900110029
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d26 10a2ffffffff0000 d27 b5b621244228a534
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d28 0000000000000000 d29 3ff0000000000000
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): d30 0000000000000000 d31 3ff0000000000000
02-01 19:17:27.415: INFO/DEBUG(1318): scr 6000001a
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): #00 pc 00080c44 /system/lib/libskia.so
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): #01 lr ab163ad4 /system/lib/libskia.so
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): code around pc:
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab180c24 e590202c e24dd01c e1a04000 e1a05001
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab180c34 e3a0b000 e5806028 e1520006 9a000030
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab180c44 e4963004 e2433001 e5846028 e353001d
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab180c54 908ff103 eafffff7 ea000288 ea000276
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab180c64 ea000265 ea000256 ea00023b ea00021d
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): code around lr:
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab163ab4 e3a01003 e1a04000 e1a0e00f e593f014
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab163ac4 e1a01004 e1a05000 e1a00006 eb007225
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab163ad4 e1a00004 e1a01005 e8bd4070 eaffff28
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab163ae4 e92d41f0 e24dd030 e28d5008 e1a04000
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): ab163af4 e1a07001 e1a06002 e1a00005 e59d1048
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): stack:
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff61e8 00000001
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff61ec afd0c6e7 /system/lib/libc.so
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff61f0 00000000
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff61f4 00000400
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff61f8 00000258
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff61fc 00000000
02-01 19:17:27.603: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6200 00000000
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6204 00000054
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6208 beff6238 [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff620c 00000068
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6210 00000002
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6214 00000068
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6218 00000003
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff621c afd0cd51 /system/lib/libc.so
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6220 df002777
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6224 e3a070ad
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): #00 beff6228 005f5e14 [heap]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff622c ab12e74c /system/lib/libskia.so
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6230 005f5e14 [heap]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6234 beff62c0 [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6238 beff628c [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff623c ab12e798 /system/lib/libskia.so
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6240 005f5dd4 [heap]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6244 00000000
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6248 40694000
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff624c beff628c [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6250 00000001
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6254 00504bf8 [heap]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6258 beff628c [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff625c beff6418 [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6260 4186ba88
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6264 4186ba70
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff6268 beff6758 [stack]
02-01 19:17:27.610: INFO/DEBUG(1318): beff626c ab163ad4 /system/lib/libskia.so
02-01 19:17:28.001: DEBUG/Zygote(1227): Process 2766 terminated by signal (11)
02-01 19:17:28.048: DEBUG/dalvikvm(1319): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 5414 objects / 546376 bytes in 78ms
The dispatch method is deprecated so is there any other chance to select text or its possible to avoid crash?
refer this
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23901