Problem
I have a very simple activity with two tabs, and I'm trying to handle keyboard input in a custom view. This works great... until I swap tabs. Once I swap tabs, I can never get the events to capture again. In another application, opening a Dialog and then closing it, however, would allow my key events to go through. Without doing that I've found no way of getting my key events again.
What's the issue here? I can't find any way to get key events once I swap tabs, and am curious what's eating them. This example is pretty short and to the point.
Code
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/actionbar_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</LinearLayout>
my_fragment.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<view
class="com.broken.keyboard.KeyboardTestActivity$MyView"
android:background="#777777"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<requestFocus/>
</view>
</LinearLayout>
KeyboardTestActivity.java
package com.broken.keyboard;
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.app.ActionBar.Tab;
import android.content.Context;
public class KeyboardTestActivity extends Activity {
public static class MyView extends View {
public void toggleKeyboard()
{ ((InputMethodManager)getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE)).toggleSoftInput(0, 0); }
public MyView(Context context)
{ super(context); }
public MyView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{ super(context, attrs); }
public MyView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{ super(context, attrs, defStyle); }
// FIRST PLACE I TRY, WHERE I WANT TO GET THE PRESSES
@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
Log.i("BDBG", "Key went down in view!");
return super.onKeyDown(keyCode,event);
}
// Toggle keyboard on touch!
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
{
if ((event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
{
toggleKeyboard();
}
return super.onTouchEvent(event);
}
}
// Extremely simple fragment
public class MyFragment extends Fragment {
@Override
public View onCreateView (LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_fragment, container, false);
return v;
}
}
// Simple tab listener
public static class MyTabListener implements ActionBar.TabListener
{
private FragmentManager mFragmentManager=null;
private Fragment mFragment=null;
private String mTag=null;
public MyTabListener(FragmentManager fragmentManager, Fragment fragment,String tag)
{
mFragmentManager=fragmentManager;
mFragment=fragment;
mTag=tag;
}
@Override
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// do nothing
}
@Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
mFragmentManager.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.actionbar_content, mFragment, mTag)
.commit();
}
@Override
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
mFragmentManager.beginTransaction()
.remove(mFragment)
.commit();
}
}
FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
ActionBar mActionBar;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Retrieve the fragment manager
mFragmentManager=getFragmentManager();
mActionBar=getActionBar();
// remove the activity title to make space for tabs
mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
mActionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
// Add the tabs
mActionBar.addTab(mActionBar.newTab()
.setText("Tab 1")
.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(getFragmentManager(), new MyFragment(),"Frag1")));
mActionBar.addTab(mActionBar.newTab()
.setText("Tab 2")
.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(getFragmentManager(), new MyFragment(),"Frag2")));
}
// OTHER PLACE I TRY, DOESN'T WORK BETTER THAN IN THE VIEW
@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
Log.i("BDBG", "Key went down in activity!");
return super.onKeyDown(keyCode,event);
}
}
