Android Question Webview _ Keycode Problem

[FrankDev]

Hello

I have the following problem with the Webview

how do I intercept certain keycodes that the webview does not react to them - but the keycodes are delivered to me by other means.

It is about keycodes 19,20,21,23, 89,90

Best regards
Frank

 

[FrankDev]

I have found something on the subject,

but how do I integrate it now?

my Webview is named Webview1

#if Java
Public class MyWebView extends WebView {


    @Override
    Public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
        Return new BaseInputConnection(this, False); //this Is needed For #dispatchKeyEvent() to be notified.
    }

    @Override
    Public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
        boolean dispatchFirst = super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
        // Listening here For whatever key events you need
        If (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP)
            switch (event.getKeyCode()) {
                Case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SPACE:
                Case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER:
                    // e.g. get space And enter events here
                    break;
            }
        Return dispatchFirst;
    }
}

#end if

 

[FrankDev]

rror: <identifier> expected
Public class MyWebView extends WebView {
      ^

error code

 

[agraham]

Public should be lower-case in Java, but even then it may not work.

 

[FrankDev]

Hello,

I have now tried lower case... same mistake.

'public class mywebview extends webview {'

I do not have to explain inline to which object the extension applies.

or is webview already enough to know that it is the b4a object?

 

[DonManfred]

Webview is an Android Object.
There is no equivalent in B4A. The Webview in B4A is just a small wrapper around the Android-WV.

If you do not know java you should better use WebviewExtras and Chromeclient and chromesettings Objects.

For the inline java you need to add the correct imports.

 

[agraham]

I have now tried lower case... same mistake.

It's probably a different error. The correct class name is WebView, case is important in Java, and you probably need the full class name android.webkit.WebView and even then I think this is a little too ambitious for inline Java.

 

[FrankDev]

I would like to use what is 'available'.

>WebviewExtras and Chromeclient and chromesettings Objects.<

I need the function that the webview does not react to some keys ascii 20,21,22,24 and a few others but lets them through to the activity.

is this possible with the above mentioned functions ?

 

[DonManfred]

is this possible with the above mentioned functions ?

i don´t know. I never used Webview much.
But i know that - at least - most of the settings you posted here are in these objects.

this

WebViewExtras

Hi all. WebViewExtras is my latest library. It's a much updated version of JSInterface. WebViewExtras exposes more of the available native Android WebView methods to your B4A application: addJavascriptInterface(webView1 As WebView, interfaceName As String) Add a javascript interface to...

www.b4x.com

maybe this

WebViewExtras2 download link

I'm trying from several days to download webviewextras2 library from this suggested link: http://b4a.martinpearman.co.uk/webviewextras/ but it seems to be dead. Is there an alternative link? Thank you so much for your help! Ascanio

www.b4x.com

and this

WebViewSettings

Hi all. Here's a new library that makes it easy to set and get various WebView WebSettings. Note that the official documentation for many of these settings is rather brief, sometimes vague or virtually non-existent! Here is an alphabetical list of all methods with a short description. I've...

www.b4x.com

B4A - WebViewSettings

 

[FrankDev]

I now have

public class mywebview extends android.webkit.WebView

declared. the error is now another one.

means for me that he has understood the declaration !?


expected
Public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
^

 

[agraham]

Sigh! Can't you learn? You have Public upper cased again!

 

[DonManfred]

public must still be lowercased

Where does the code come from?

Webview _ Keycode Problem

Hello I have the following problem with the Webview how do I intercept certain keycodes that the webview does not react to them - but the keycodes are delivered to me by other means. It is about keycodes 19,20,21,23, 89,90 Best regards Frank

www.b4x.com

Edit: @agraham was faster

 

[FrankDev]

Read Keyboard events in Android WebView

I'm trying to listen to key events in android web view. Example when user is filling a form, I should receive the key events. This is my WebView code public class MyWebView extends WebView impleme...

stackoverflow.com

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11429878/read-keyboard-events-in-android-webview

 

[DonManfred]

Read Keyboard events in Android WebView

I'm trying to listen to key events in android web view. Example when user is filling a form, I should receive the key events. This is my WebView code public class MyWebView extends WebView impleme...

stackoverflow.com

Public is LOWERCASED in the Code in the link!

 

[FrankDev]

I have already tried many things.
put a panel over the webview and a
Keylistener is set up. It also works as long as the webview is enabled with focus. If I grant her the focus she gets the 'keys'.

the background. i want to use the Fire TV remote control from 'mouse' and need keycode 19,20,21,22,24.

If I switch the webview to focusable = false everything works as long as I can't enter anything into the input fields.

If I switch it to focusabel = True, I cannot move the 'mouse' anymore

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[FrankDev]

ok... after all commands are written in small letters, the first attempt is made.

after that there is still an error.

symbol: class webview
location: package anywheresoftware.b4a.objects
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose to get full output
1 error

probably the function is no longer available

#if Java

public class MyWebView extends android.webkit.WebView {


@Override
public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
return new BaseInputConnection(this, false); //this Is needed For #dispatchKeyEvent() to be notified.
}

@Override
public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
boolean dispatchFirst = super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
// Listening here For whatever key events you need
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP)
switch (event.getKeyCode()) {
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SPACE:
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER:
// e.g. get space And enter events here
break;
}
return dispatchFirst;
}
}

#end if

 

[agraham]

probably the function is no longer available

Even if you could get it to compile that Java code by itself is not sufficient to do what you want. You might be able to define a derived class but you still need an instance of it to use it. I'm afraid that you require a better understanding of Java than you seem to have to implement this.

 

[FrankDev]

yes... sometimes you really want to despair.

You do a project and then you realize that a small thing becomes an unavoidable hurdle.

Who would have thought that catching a few characters from a view would become a problem that can only be solved with special knowledge ...

 

[agraham]

catching a few characters from a view

If WebView was a real View then it would be no trouble. However WebView is not designed to be a local View but as a display mechanism for a remote server which is why you cannot interact with it as if it were a standard View. I don't do webby stuff so I can't really advise, and I don't know how much under your control is whatever you are viewing in the WebView. In fact is WebView the right sort of view for what you want to achieve or is there another alternative that can display HTML or rich text?

 

[eps]

This really shouldn't be that difficult... I've got a web based App in B4A which passes information back to B4A using Javascript.

I think we need a little more information to help.

Are you....

Using WebView to display a specific HTML file/locally based HTML files and then use the user input to perform some B4A actions or something completely different?

Is it a game or Application?