Question

When a user starts writing on a hardware keyboard I need the activity to direct that input to a certain edittext view.

I’ve tried to “hard code” it by overriding key events, but that is very inefficient. Especially when it comes to supporting various countries and languages..

Example:

case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_A:
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_B:
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_C:
etc.

Is there any way of doing this simple and clean in Android?
As a reference, Google Play Store has that same feature I’m looking for.

Thanks

Answer 1

You may try this.

@Override   
 public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event){

    final EditText mEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_text);
    if (!mEditText.hasFocus()){ 
        mEditText.requestFocus();
        mEditText.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
    }
    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}