Android Question Search key on keyboard?

stevel05 said:

Have you tried using an Activity keypress sub?

B4X:

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

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stevel05 said:

I was just searching for the answer.

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

B4X:

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.

B4X:

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

Which will call the sub:

B4X:

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.

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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))

stevel05 said:

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

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