Extend Android virtual keyboard

Question

i'm thinking in something a la Appstore's Textsastic, this is, a full row of needed keys (parenthesis, slash, etc) right above the virtual keyboard, like it was an extention of it.

How can i accomplish something like that in Android? Is there at least a way to have a listener when the virtual keyboard shows?

Answer 1

See this article on how to create an input method. You can't extend an existing keyboard without the code. You could probably hack something together that would work in a single app, but not across all apps.