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crazyfool
crazyfool

Reputation: 1463

Android - Keyboard not appearing in floating window

I'm writing an application that uses the following code to draw an edittext on the screen over running applications:

WindowManager.LayoutParams params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_ALT_FOCUSABLE_IM,
                PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

windowManager = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);

windowManager.addView(mEditText, params);

The xml for the edittext is:

<EditText
            android:id="@+id/mEditText"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:maxLines="3"
            android:inputType="textAutoComplete|text"
            android:focusable="true"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="true" />

However focusing on this does not bring up the keyboard. I've also tried programmatically bringing it up with an onFocusListener:

mEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
                if(hasFocus) {
                    Log.d("", "Has focus");
                    ((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).showSoftInput(v, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
                } else {
                    Log.d("", "Lost focus");
                }
            }
        });

But although that is called, as seen from the logcat, nothing happens. The only method I've found so far to display the keyboard is using:

getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(0, 0);

But that seems to type onto the screen and not into the edittext. I've also tried clear focusable when the edittext is displayed but to no avail.

I'm guessing the issue is because I'm using a "floating window" but there must be a way to make this work as apps such as floating calculators exist on the playstore which take input.. Anyone have any ideas? I'm stumped :(

Upvotes: 15

Views: 7708

Answers (4)

Syed Hussain Mehdi
Syed Hussain Mehdi

Reputation: 1298

i resolved this issue by using FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE

Upvotes: 0

Atif Mahmood
Atif Mahmood

Reputation: 8992

Use WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL

WindowManager.LayoutParams params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL,
                    PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

For more detail and example follow the link: https://github.com/atifmahmood29/overlays-floating-window-like-facebook-messenger

Upvotes: 9

crazyfool
crazyfool

Reputation: 1463

My bad.. I realized if I remove the WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE it works fine.. silly mistake

Upvotes: 21

Jonathan Lobato
Jonathan Lobato

Reputation: 17

Programatically:

editText.requestFocus();

Or through XML:

<EditText...>
    <requestFocus />
</EditText>

Upvotes: -2

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