Android Question Show/Hide Cursor Drag thingy programatically [SOLVED]

[Roger Daley]

Hi All,

I am not sure of the correct name but in the image attached the "cursor drag thing" is shown. I need to show/hide this proramatically but can'r find any reference to it in my searches. This may be because I have not used the correct term.

Any help appreciated.

Regards Roger

 

[mangojack]

Hi All,
I am not sure of the correct name but in the image attached the "cursor drag thing" is shown. I need to show/hide this proramatically but can'r find any reference to it in my searches. This may be because I have not used the correct term ...

This might help ... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22987855/how-to-show-selection-marker-on-edittext

 

[Roger Daley]

Hi mangojack,

That certainly looks like what I need but I have no idea how to implement that in B4A.
I will keep searching using terminology used in the Stackoverflow post.

Regards Roger

 

[Erel]

This is the code:

Sub ShowPins (et As EditText, Show As Boolean)
   Dim r As Reflector
   r.Target = et
   r.Target = r.GetField("mEditor")
   r.Target = r.RunMethod("getSelectionController")
   If r.Target <> Null Then
     If Show Then
       r.RunMethod("show")
     Else
       r.RunMethod("hide")
     End If
   End If
End Sub

It is based on private APIs.

 

[Roger Daley]

Thanks Erel,

It works brilliantly of course.

Regards Roger