Simulating Keyboard Events in Android

Question

I have a project and I am trying to fire Keyboard events. I am using the Instrumentation Class, and it is working perfectly on the emulator, but when I launch it on my device, t

Answer 1

Actually, there is an easier method, that I found Using Activity class or WebView class. Both have the same function. The code looks something like this:

webView.dispatchKeyEvent(new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN,KeyEvent.KEYCODE_1));

Answer 2

In instrumentation, there is the api to send keycode:

getInstrumentation().sendCharacterSync(int keycode);

If you have root access to the device, you can check the code here:

https://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/source/browse/AndroidScreencastClient/src/net/srcz/android/screencast/client/ClientHandler.java ;

to use IWindowManager. The IWindowManager is apart of android system, you can find the class in android.jar, the source code can be downloaded from android official website.