how to get which character is get deleted on backspace in android

Question

I am working with android 2.2.

How to know which character is get deleted on backspace when editing text in custom auto complete in android.

public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode,KeyEvent msg){  
     if(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL)
     {
        // how to find here which character is get deleted
     }
     return false;
}

Answer 1

String prevText = "";
public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode,KeyEvent msg){  

     if(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL)
     {
        int pos = myEditText.getSelectionStart();
        char c = prevText.charAt(pos);
        // c is deleted
     }
     prevText = myEditText.getText.toString();
     return false;
}

Answer 2

You can use add a TextWatcher to AutoCompleteTextView with addTextChangeListener(TextWatcher).

You don't need to listen to onKeyUp() the various TextWatcher methods inform you if the user is adding or removing text.