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.

Summary

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Inherited Constants

From class android.text.method.MetaKeyKeyListener

Public Constructors
	QwertyKeyListener(TextKeyListener.Capitalize cap, boolean autoText)

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.

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.

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Inherited Methods

From class android.text.method.BaseKeyListener

From class android.text.method.MetaKeyKeyListener

static long	adjustMetaAfterKeypress(long state) Call this method after you handle a keypress so that the meta state will be reset to unshifted (if it is not still down) or primed to be reset to unshifted (once it is released).
static void	adjustMetaAfterKeypress(Spannable content) Call this method after you handle a keypress so that the meta state will be reset to unshifted (if it is not still down) or primed to be reset to unshifted (once it is released).
static void	clearMetaKeyState(Editable content, int states)
void	clearMetaKeyState(View view, Editable content, int states)
long	clearMetaKeyState(long state, int which) Clears the state of the specified meta key if it is locked.
final static int	getMetaState(CharSequence text) Gets the state of the meta keys.
final static int	getMetaState(CharSequence text, KeyEvent event) Gets the state of the meta keys for a specific key event.
final static int	getMetaState(long state, int meta) Gets the state of a particular meta key.
final static int	getMetaState(long state) Gets the state of the meta keys.
final static int	getMetaState(CharSequence text, int meta, KeyEvent event) Gets the state of a particular meta key to use with a particular key event.
final static int	getMetaState(CharSequence text, int meta) Gets the state of a particular meta key.
static long	handleKeyDown(long state, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Handles presses of the meta keys.
static long	handleKeyUp(long state, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Handles release of the meta keys.
static boolean	isMetaTracker(CharSequence text, Object what) Returns true if this object is one that this class would use to keep track of any meta state in the specified text.
static boolean	isSelectingMetaTracker(CharSequence text, Object what) Returns true if this object is one that this class would use to keep track of the selecting meta state in the specified text.
boolean	onKeyDown(View view, Editable content, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Handles presses of the meta keys.
boolean	onKeyUp(View view, Editable content, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Handles release of the meta keys.
static void	resetLockedMeta(Spannable content) Call this if you are a method that ignores the locked meta state (arrow keys, for example) and you handle a key.
static long	resetLockedMeta(long state) Call this if you are a method that ignores the locked meta state (arrow keys, for example) and you handle a key.
static void	resetMetaState(Spannable text) Resets all meta state to inactive.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this `Object`.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

From interface android.text.method.KeyListener

Public Methods

public int getInputType ()

Added in API level 3

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

Added in API level 1

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

public static QwertyKeyListener getInstanceForFullKeyboard ()

Added in API level 11

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.

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

Added in API level 1

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	the Editable text where the replacement was made
start	the start of the replaced region
end	the end of the replaced region; the location of the cursor
original	the text to be restored if the user presses DEL

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

Added in API level 1

Handles presses of the meta keys.

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

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Summary

Public Constructors

public QwertyKeyListener (TextKeyListener.Capitalize cap, boolean autoText)

Public Methods

public int getInputType ()

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

public static QwertyKeyListener getInstanceForFullKeyboard ()

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

Parameters

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