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Chirag Savsani
Chirag Savsani

Reputation: 6140

Hide Virtual keyboard when using InputField

I know how to hide or display Virtual Keyboard using InputMethodManager.

But I want to enter text in EditText using Physical keyboard but I don't want to display Virtual Keyboard in Unity 3D Android.

How can I do that in Unity 3D?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6304

Answers (2)

Dover8
Dover8

Reputation: 595

Old question I know, but what you really want is to set inputField.touchScreenKeyboard.active = false; You may need to hold it false in a LateUpdate

[SerializeField] 
private bool keyboardEnabled = true;
// toggle this to toggle native keyboard activity
public bool KeyboardEnabled { get { return keyboardEnabled; } set { keyboardEnabled = value; } }

private void LateUpdate()
{
#if UNITY_ANDROID
    if (inputField.touchScreenKeyboard != null && !keyboardEnabled)
    {
        inputField.touchScreenKeyboard.active = false;
    }
#endif
}

Upvotes: 1

Programmer
Programmer

Reputation: 125455

There is no such thing as EditText in Unity. InputField is used to receive input from a device.

You can disable Virtual Keyword with InputField on Android. Not sure if this will work for other platforms.

Your InputField:

public InputField inputField;

Disable Virtual Keyboard:

inputField.keyboardType = (TouchScreenKeyboardType)(-1);

Enable Virtual Keyboard:

inputField.keyboardType = TouchScreenKeyboardType.Default;

If you run into weird issues, consider deriving your script from InputField, then disable Virtual Keyboard and finally, call the base Start function of the InputField:

public class HideVirtualKeyboard : InputField
{
    protected override void Start()
    {
        keyboardType = (TouchScreenKeyboardType)(-1);
        base.Start();
    }
}

Upvotes: 4

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