setOnEditorActionListener not working with soft keyboard submit button, but does with laptop Enter key?

Question

Can someone please provide a solution to get a working listener for the soft-keyboard DONE button, and/or explain what I\'m doing wrong in my current approach?<

Answer 1

This is an old issue that seems not to be solved yet. There's a workaround for these cases. Simply take the EditText (or whatever View you might be needing this and assign it a onEditorActionListener, like this:

final EditText editor = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEditText);
editor.setOnEditorActionListener(EnterOnText);

Now define the EnterOnText implementation like this:

TextView.OnEditorActionListener EnterOnText = new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
  public boolean onEditorAction(TextView view, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
    if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {
      final String msg = view.getText().toString();
      if (!msg.isEmpty()) {
        // Do whatever you need here
        ...
      }
    }
    return true;
  }
};

Now, simply change the layout's imeOptions attribute to:

android:imeOptions="actionGo"

That will, oppositely, probably make your emulator's enter key not work, but will (should) do on all physical devices.

Answer 2

I had the same problem, for me, adding android:singleLine="true" in EditText did the trick

Answer 3

Try this,

    ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.comment_text)).setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {

    if (event != null && (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO
                            || event.getKeyCode() == event.KEYCODE_ENTER))
    {
    //do whatever you want
    }

                }
            });



<EditText
    android:id="@+id/comment_text"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:maxLines="1"
    android:imeOptions="actionGo"
    /> 

Answer 4

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.comment_text)).setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {        
    @Override
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        if(actionId==EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE){
            //do something
        }
    return false;
    }
});

Answer 5

try this code this is a code with 2 fields in which i have user time feature. in first one keyboard shows next button and in second one soft keypad shows done option and on done option i hide the soft keypad.

below is the xml file code.

  <EditText
                android:id="@+id/txt1"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="100dp"
                android:gravity="top|left"
                android:imeOptions="actionNext"
                android:inputType="text|textNoSuggestions"
                android:text=""
                android:visibility="visible" />

    <EditText
                android:id="@+id/txt2"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="100dp"
                android:gravity="top|left"
                android:imeOptions="actionDone"
                android:inputType="text|textNoSuggestions"
                android:text=""
                android:visibility="visible"
                />

now below is the java code: for hiding soft keypad on next and same can be performed for done option as well.

this code add in onCreate() of your class.

    EditText first_txt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txt1);
    EditText second_txt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txt2);

    first_txt.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT) {

                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);

                return true; // Focus will do whatever you put in the logic.
            }
            return false;  // Focus will change according to the actionId
        }
    });

second_txt.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {

                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(v.getWindowToken(), 0);

                return true; // Focus will do whatever you put in the logic.
            }
            return false;  // Focus will change according to the actionId
        }
    });

This code works for , hope it helps you out!