How to listen to software keyboard done button in android?

By | November 11, 2011

Here is a simple method to listen to software keyboard done button in android while editing in an EditText.

package pack.coderzheaven;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class KeyBoardTest extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        ((EditText)findViewById(R.id.EditText01)).setOnEditorActionListener(
                new EditText.OnEditorActionListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
                if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH ||
                    actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE ||
                    event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN &&
                    event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {

                		System.out.println("DONE BUTTON PRESSED............");

                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        });

    }
}

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