Android: Edit Text Go Button

Question

I have an Edit Text that is defined as follows.

<EditText   android:layout_width="fill_parent"  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="1" android:inputType="text"  android:hint="@string/field_text" android:id="@+id/field" /> 

I want to set a custom command so that when somebody clicks on the Done/Go button on the onscreen keyboard a button is clicked or just run the methods that are run by the button. I think this has something to do with ime options but I havent been able to figure out how they work. Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

You want a combination of android:imeOptions and setOnEditorActionListener

<EditText android:id="@+id/some_edittext"           android:layout_width="wrap_content"           android:layout_height="wrap_content"           android:imeOptions="actionSend"> </EditText>   some_edittext.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {     public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {         if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEND) {             some_button.performClick();             return true;         }         return false;     } }); 

Obviously you should change actionSend to the action you want, and update IME_ACTION_SEND correspondingly.