How to use value of imeactionId

Question

I am trying to set my own value to imeActionId and then comparing the same to the actionId in the onEditorAction. But the actionId in the method repeatedly returns 0.

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="text|textUri"
        android:imeOptions="actionGo"
        android:imeActionId="666" 
        android:imeActionLabel="google"/>

And the following is my onEditorAction:

et.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.v("myid iss", "" + actionId);

        if(actionId == 666)
        {
            Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            i.setData(Uri.parse("http://" + v.getText().toString()));

            imm.hideSoftInputFromInputMethod(v.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
            startActivity(i);
        }
        return false;
    }
});

The actionId is coming to be 0 every time irrespective of the value in the XML. How do I use my defined imeActionId to compare with actionId.

Answer 1

Sorry for late reply. Still posting my answer for the benefit of others. Actually, each and every imeoptions got a unqiueId. In order perform your task, you can make use of below working code.

editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
@Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
    boolean handled = false;
    if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {
        //Perform your Actions here.

    }
    return handled;
   }
});

For more info, you can refer this LINK. Hope you find this answer usefull.

Answer 2

Actually Android recognises only specific actions which affect the appearance of soft keyboard (e.g. presence of DONE button). All such actions are listed here and neither has code 666. :)

What do you need a custom action for? To know where it comes from? Then just check view id:

     public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            if (v.getId() == R.id.editText2) {
                // Whatever ...
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

This will certainly work!