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Mihael Meklav
Mihael Meklav

Reputation: 335

How to toggle "Use Physical Keyboard".

I am developing an application where I have RFID reader (emulates keyboard). In some activities I need a virtual keyboard as well. I have discovered that all I need is to toggle "Use Physical Keyboard". That works fine, but when I restart my tablet, this feature is set to default?

Is it possible, if I can insert a toggle somewhere in my code?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1505

Answers (1)

homework
homework

Reputation: 5087

I was able to toggle the on-screen keyboard, with the following code:

InputMethodManager inputMgr = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMgr.toggleSoftInput(0, 0);

In reference, use EditText.

"EditText is a thin veneer over TextView that configures itself to be editable."

To display the on-screen keyboard, all they need do is touch in the textbox. If that box was named "Search" or something similar, I believe it would be more useful to a user than a button.

Upvotes: 1

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