Android back key event - while displaying soft keyboard

Question

I'm trying to catch the back key event using boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) while showing the soft keyboard. But it is not working...

Here the way, I catched the back key event. http://stackoverflow.com/a/40340213/3957916 — Sumit Saurabh, Oct 31 '16 at 10:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 06:24

override this method of Edittext:

@Override
public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
        //put your logic here
        }
    return super.onKeyPreIme(keyCode, event);
}

you will get event on backpress inside if.

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '11 at 14:22

-1

Try the following:

if(event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK){
//your code
return true;
}

Warning: You are informing Android system that you already handled the back key press and it will not perform as intended inside the Application (will not exit).

answered Nov 10 '11 at 14:22

Mohamed_AbdAllah

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onKeyDown() isn't called when the SoftKeyboard isn't hidden. – Graeme Jul 30 '12 at 09:31
From the Document, I think it is possible :Key presses in software keyboards will generally NOT trigger this listener, *although some may elect to do so in some situations* – Mohamed_AbdAllah Jul 30 '12 at 10:40

Android back key event - while displaying soft keyboard

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