Android Question Search key on keyboard?

[ArminKH]

hi
how is possible to use search button in keyboard?
i have an edit text and i want to search for entered text in my txt file
but i want to use keyboard search button
is this possible?

 

[stevel05]

Have you tried using an Activity keypress sub?

Sub Activity_KeyPress (KeyCode As Int) As Boolean 'Return True to consume the event
    If KeyCode = KeyCodes.KEYCODE_SEARCH Then
        'Search pressed
        'your search code goes here
        Return True
    End If
End Sub

 

[ArminKH]

Have you tried using an Activity keypress sub?

Sub Activity_KeyPress (KeyCode As Int) As Boolean 'Return True to consume the event
    If KeyCode = KeyCodes.KEYCODE_SEARCH Then
        'Search pressed
        'your search code goes here
        Return True
    End If
End Sub

i can handle the search key event but how can i show search button(icon) for my edit text?
please look at the above screen shot

 

[ArminKH]

@stevel05
my problem solved by this hint
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23528644/edittext-ignores-the-imeactionlabel
but as you can see in above link we should create a text box with xml
but i want to use this for text boxes which are created by designer and also i want to use this for AppCombat Edittext
is there any way to set android:imeOptions="actionSearch" by using java object to an edittext?
this code not works

Dim r As Reflector
         r.Target = EditText1
         r.RunMethod2("setImeOptions", 4, "java.lang.int")

 

[stevel05]

I was just searching for the answer.

To display a search icon instead of the return key, you can use:

Dim JO As JavaObject = EditText1
    JO.RunMethod("setImeOptions",Array As Object(3))

The key will then be treated as if you pressed the return key.

In addition, you can set the onEditorActionListener to respond to the key.

Dim O As Object = JO.CreateEvent("android.widget.TextView.OnEditorActionListener","Search",Null)
    JO.RunMethod("setOnEditorActionListener",Array As Object(O))

Which will call the sub:

Sub Search_Event(MethodName As String,Args() As Object) As Object
    Log(MethodName & " called")
    Return True
End Sub

When it is pressed, return False instead of true to close the keyboard.

 

[ArminKH]

I was just searching for the answer.

To display a search icon instead of the return key, you can use:

Dim JO As JavaObject = EditText1
    JO.RunMethod("setImeOptions",Array As Object(3))

The key will then be treated as if you pressed the return key.

In addition, you can set the onEditorActionListener to respond to the key.

Dim O As Object = JO.CreateEvent("android.widget.TextView.OnEditorActionListener","Search",Null)
    JO.RunMethod("setOnEditorActionListener",Array As Object(O))

Which will call the sub:

Sub Search_Event(MethodName As String,Args() As Object) As Object
    Log(MethodName & " called")
    Return True
End Sub

When it is pressed, return False instead of true to close the keyboard.

thank u steve but this is still not works on my device

Dim EditText1 As EditText
            EditText1.Initialize("EditText1")
            Activity.AddView(EditText1 , 0,0,100dip,50dip)
            Dim JO As JavaObject = EditText1
            JO.RunMethod("setImeOptions",Array As Object(3))

 

[ArminKH]

@stevel05
Solved
the Edit Text must be single line
now this code works

Dim EditText1 As EditText
            EditText1.Initialize("EditText1")
            Activity.AddView(EditText1 , 0,0,100dip,50dip)
            EditText1.SingleLine = True
           
            Dim JO As JavaObject = EditText1
                JO.RunMethod("setImeOptions",Array As Object(3))

thanx for your help

 

[Ju Yang]

Dim JO As JavaObject = EditText1
JO.RunMethod("setImeOptions",Array As Object(3))

"actionDone"? Array As Object(?) ? I tested 0-6 but didn't have any effect.
thanks