Extension: Create Custom Keyboard. (Beta)

Juan_Antonio · April 13, 2021, 10:09am

Hello friends,

I have thought to modify that extension to create a Keyboard (Softkey) with the Button component.

For now the extension is in beta phase and only works in emulation (MIT COMPANION, ...).

extension_keyboard10634×622 25.3 KB

- These are the default Properties:

- Special characters:

Spacebar: put several spaces between commas.

Comma character: we will establish it by means of the character: ≡

Character ♫: a Beep will sound.

ENTER character ↵, we will see it in an example.

For the text of the keys we can put ASCII characters or other codes:

The size of the keyboard adapts to the size of the Layout.
It is necessary that the String keyLetter, keyNumber and keyTilde have the same number of elements.

You can download the extension, and test it in an emulator, from:

Juan_Antonio · April 13, 2021, 10:09am

- Download Example 1 and Example 2:

p194J_Teclado.aia (103.5 KB)

1.- Create a keyboard with the "Keyboard" block and its "Click" event.

We set the String to keyLetter, keyNumber and keyTilde, example:
[Important: the three strings must have the same number of elements]

keyLetter: q,w,e,r,t,y,u,i,o,p,a,s,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,ñ,↑,z,x,c,v,b,n,m,.,←,☼,≡, ,✥,♫,┘,⌂,↔

keyNumber: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,@,#,$,_,&,-,+,(,),/,↑,*,",',:,;,!,?,.,←,☼,≡, ,=,€,,⌂,↔

keyTilde: á,à,â,ä,é,è,ê,ë,í,ì,î,ï,ó,ò,ô,ö,ú,ù,û,ü,↑,Á,À,É,È,Í,Ì,Ó,.,←,☼,≡, ,Ò,Ú,Ù,⌂,↔

Background and Text color.
You can set the font type through a file in the assets.

When we press a button the "Click" event will give us: key, text and length of the text.

Juan_Antonio · April 13, 2021, 10:10am

2.- Create a keyboard with the "KeyboardTB" block and its "ClickTB" event.

Using the "KeyboardTB" block and its "ClickTB" event, we can create a keyboard associated with a TextBox component.

The text will be written in the TextBox component and in the text variable of the event.

Juan_Antonio · April 13, 2021, 10:10am

- Download Example 3:

p194J_Teclado_Numerico.aia (21.5 KB)

3.- Create a numeric keyboard. Key ENTER.

This Keyboard is built with the Columns Property: 3.

VerticalArrangement Horizontal Size: 30 percent.

The three Strings keyLetter, keyNumber, and keyTilde contain:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,.,↵,⌂,✥,←

Observe the event, if key = ↵, that character is the ENTER ↵.

Rudra_Software_Corpo · April 13, 2021, 11:29am

I wonder how u are alwayzz epic sir @juan_antonio

ChrisWard · April 15, 2021, 3:38am

Hi Juan

Is the Android Keyboard suppressed?

Juan_Antonio · April 15, 2021, 7:14am

The Keyboard block is used to write to a Label.

The KeyboardTB block is used to write to an associated TextBox. That TextBox has the Android Keyboard suppressed.

Juan_Antonio · April 15, 2021, 9:06am

4.- Arabic Keyboard.

p194J_Teclado_arabico.aia (103.7 KB)

ض,ص,ث,ق,ف,غ,ع,ه,خ,ح,ج,ش,س,ي,ب,ل,ا,ت,ن,م,ك,ط,ئ,ء,ؤ,ر,ى,ة,و,ز,ظ,د

,♫,┘,⌂,↔, ,✥,⌫,.,≡

in_the_name_of_god · May 18, 2022, 6:48pm

Hi, this is a really good plugin, can you tell us how to bring the built-in keyboard on the phone keyboard?

Juan_Antonio · May 18, 2022, 6:56pm

Download the p194J_Teclado.aia (103.5 KiB) app and try it out.
The .aix extension is found in... http://kio4.com/appinventor/294J_extension_crear_teclado.htm