Android - Show numeric keyboard without an EditText

Question

For my Android app I need to show numeric keyboard when the user clicks on an image, but without showing an EditText. I want to then be notified when the user pressed a specific key, so that I can handle UI appropiately.

How could it be done? Thank you

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '15 at 18:03

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Try this...

InputMethodManager inputMethodManager =  (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.toggleSoftInputFromWindow(imageview_reference.getApplicationWindowToken(),     InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);

answered Oct 24 '15 at 18:03

overflowingStack

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Thank you! But what about a listener for a key pressed event? – Ernestina Juan Oct 24 '15 at 18:05
I would use a `TextWatcher` to monitor. Let me see what else there is. Can you give us a better usecase. Is the number static? is it dynamic – overflowingStack Oct 24 '15 at 18:12
Yes, that's working perfectly, but if the device has a hardware keyboard, the keyboard doesn't appear – Ernestina Juan Oct 25 '15 at 12:38
Check out `Soft Input View` here - http://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.html – overflowingStack Oct 25 '15 at 18:14

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