[SOLVED] Extension Suggestion: Hide System Keyboard

AyProductions · January 31, 2022, 11:12am

it would be better to merge

AyProductions · January 31, 2022, 11:12am

@TIMAI2 i guess android 12 for some reason restricts that? or maybe i think we need to ask for a permission!! which i dont know...

or we may have to build the apk and then test it!

TIMAI2 · January 31, 2022, 11:17am

Your extension (if it worked for me) does not appear to have an escape block, in order to return keyboard functionality ?

gordonlu310 · January 31, 2022, 11:28am

No it doesn’t.

There are two different blocks in my extension, hiding the text box under different situations. What block are you using?

TIMAI2 · January 31, 2022, 11:32am

Tried both. Neither works. Also compiled my test app, same issue.

Perhaps show me your working blocks....

gordonlu310 · January 31, 2022, 11:33am

That’s strange - the method wasn’t deprecated on Android 12. I will try to figure out the issue.

Johannes_Ai2 · January 31, 2022, 12:42pm

This hides the keyboard on Android 11 & 12 for me when touching in a Textbox with Companion.

grafik

gordonlu310 · January 31, 2022, 12:48pm

I also used the same method.

TIMAI2 · January 31, 2022, 1:16pm

But all that does is the same behaviour as this:

If I tap in the textbox, the keyboard comes up again

gordonlu310 · January 31, 2022, 1:17pm

It does not doable the keyboard, it only hides the keyboard.

Johannes_Ai2 · January 31, 2022, 1:23pm

or this:

MohamedTamer · January 31, 2022, 2:00pm

Hello,
I have developed a simple extension that should perform the expected behavior. Can you please confirm weather it works?
This is a test project:
hidesystemkeyboard.aia (1.8 MB)

TIMAI2 · January 31, 2022, 2:25pm

This works as expected @MohamedTamer Well done.
( a couple of typos in the blocks - Sytem instead of System)

gordonlu310 · January 31, 2022, 2:53pm

Can you provide an AIX download link so that I can test?

MohamedTamer · January 31, 2022, 2:53pm

Thanks for spotting this! I have now fixed these typos and updated the blocks description.
Extension:
io.mohamed.hidesystemkeyboard.aix (1.8 MB)
Source Code:

gordonlu310 · January 31, 2022, 2:56pm

Wait…doesn’t the ReadOnly property of the TextBox disable showing the keyboard?

MohamedTamer · January 31, 2022, 3:15pm

A quick fix to reduce the extension's size.
Updated extension:
io.mohamed.hidesystemkeyboard.aix (4.2 KB)
Thanks @TIMAI2

Yes, It would indeed. But it would also disable the ability to use the cursor and select the text, etc.. ( without showing the keyboard ).

Faraz_Firoz · February 1, 2022, 4:35am

@MohamedTamer Can you please tell us what method you have used

oseamiya · February 1, 2022, 5:14am

You can look to the source.

github.com

MohamedTamer94/HideSystemKeyboard/blob/main/src/io/mohamed/hidesystemkeyboard/HideSystemKeyboard.java

package io.mohamed.hidesystemkeyboard;

import android.os.Build.VERSION;
import android.text.InputType;
import android.widget.EditText;
import com.google.appinventor.components.annotations.SimpleFunction;
import com.google.appinventor.components.runtime.AndroidNonvisibleComponent;
import com.google.appinventor.components.runtime.ComponentContainer;
import com.google.appinventor.components.runtime.TextBoxBase;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

public final class HideSystemKeyboard extends AndroidNonvisibleComponent {

  /**
   * Creates a new HideSystemKeyboard component
   *
   * @param container the container in which the component will be placed into
   */
  public HideSystemKeyboard(@NotNull ComponentContainer container) {
    super(container.$form());

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qwe_rfv · February 1, 2022, 5:52am

@Taifun You can add this extension to the extension directory In Pura Vida Apps