Simulate key press on an Android device

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Clicking on an EditText, the device displays the keyboard. Is there any way, in code, I can simulate a key press? I want to use it to click on the button that changes the alphabetical keyboard pad.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:00

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View.dispatchKeyEvent for example

answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:00

stefan bachert

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do you know how to create one of these from a view class.. or an onclick listener? – baash05 Feb 03 '13 at 10:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

already tried smth like this?

Instrumentation inst = new Instrumentation();
            for ( int i = 0; i < 10; ++i ) {
                inst.sendKeyDownUpSync(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU);
                Thread.sleep(2000);
                inst.sendKeyDownUpSync(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK);
                Thread.sleep(2000);
            }

like original author wrote there

hope you find it useful..cheers

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:01

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Is your goal to change the type of keyboard that is displayed (e.g. numeric instead of alphabet)?

If that's what you're going for, you can simply set the "numeric" property on the TextView.

answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:01

ravuya

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Your app cannot manipulate the IME keyboard like that. You need to set the input type in code and let the device do what it wants to do. This question looks very similar to your other question: ANDROID - Numeric keyboard

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:51

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Simulate key press on an Android device

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