Use "ENTER" key on softkeyboard instead of clicking button

Question

Hello I've got a searched EditText and search Button. When I type the searched text, I'd like to use ENTER key on softkeyboard instead of search Button to activate search function.

Thanks for help in advance.

Answer 1

You do it by setting a OnKeyListener on your EditText.

Here is a sample from my own code. I have an EditText named addCourseText, which will call the function addCourseFromTextBox when either the enter key or the d-pad is clicked.

addCourseText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.clEtAddCourse); addCourseText.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {     public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)     {         if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)         {             switch (keyCode)             {                 case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER:                 case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER:                     addCourseFromTextBox();                     return true;                 default:                     break;             }         }         return false;     } });