Ah, yes it is true that the UI of the IME a.k.a. the InputView will automatically allow user's touch events to pass through to the Activity behind. However, if the implementation is changed, by this I mean instead of the usual way of using KeyboardView as the InputView, an Activity will be launched in its place, then touch events will no longer pass through to the Activity behind as they are consumed by the translucent Activity that has been shown by the IME. Thus, the need to call dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) method of the Activity behind the IME.
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:12:07 AM UTC+9, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > You sure this doesn't just work like that by default? Obviously, the UI > of a IME allows the user to continue using the main app. > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:04:01 AM UTC+8, tsukishiro wrote: >> >> Hmmm... I'm not sure if what I really want is to extend another app. >> Basically, I have a customized IME that is loosely based on the Android API >> Demo SoftKeyboard. In this custom IME, I want to launch a translucent >> Activity that holds a few widgets (like Buttons and TextViews) as my >> InputView. In other words, instead of using the usual KeyboardView as the >> InputView, I will be displaying the translucent Activity to serve as my >> on-screen keyboard. >> >> Because only a portion of the translucent Activity actually holds the >> widgets, I wish to let touch events in any part of the translucent Activity >> that is not a part of the so-called on-screen keyboard to pass through to >> the Activity that is behind it. To do this, I will have to invoke >> dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) method of the Activity that is behind >> my translucent Activity. This is the reason why I want to get a reference >> to the Activity that launches my IME. >> >> Is there an alternative way to the end-goal I plan to do? >> Thanks for your replies guys! >> - tsukishiro >> >> On Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:13:15 AM UTC+9, Kristopher Micinski wrote: >>> >>> I think this goes in the "i want to extend another app" category, >>> which is asked a lot here.. >>> >>> kris >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:15 AM, tsukishiro <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Now I want to get a reference to the new contact activity from which >>> my >>> >> IME was launched. Is this possible? >>> > >>> > >>> > If you explain what you hoped to accomplish with such functionality, >>> perhaps >>> > someone could offer alternative suggestions. >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected] >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >>> On Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:12:07 AM UTC+9, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > You sure this doesn't just work like that by default? Obviously, the UI > of a IME allows the user to continue using the main app. > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:04:01 AM UTC+8, tsukishiro wrote: >> >> Hmmm... I'm not sure if what I really want is to extend another app. >> Basically, I have a customized IME that is loosely based on the Android API >> Demo SoftKeyboard. In this custom IME, I want to launch a translucent >> Activity that holds a few widgets (like Buttons and TextViews) as my >> InputView. In other words, instead of using the usual KeyboardView as the >> InputView, I will be displaying the translucent Activity to serve as my >> on-screen keyboard. >> >> Because only a portion of the translucent Activity actually holds the >> widgets, I wish to let touch events in any part of the translucent Activity >> that is not a part of the so-called on-screen keyboard to pass through to >> the Activity that is behind it. To do this, I will have to invoke >> dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) method of the Activity that is behind >> my translucent Activity. This is the reason why I want to get a reference >> to the Activity that launches my IME. >> >> Is there an alternative way to the end-goal I plan to do? >> Thanks for your replies guys! >> - tsukishiro >> >> On Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:13:15 AM UTC+9, Kristopher Micinski wrote: >>> >>> I think this goes in the "i want to extend another app" category, >>> which is asked a lot here.. >>> >>> kris >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:15 AM, tsukishiro <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Now I want to get a reference to the new contact activity from which >>> my >>> >> IME was launched. Is this possible? >>> > >>> > >>> > If you explain what you hoped to accomplish with such functionality, >>> perhaps >>> > someone could offer alternative suggestions. >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected] >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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