Floating KeyboardView

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Java
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Created
Feb 5, 2017
Updated
Nov 6, 2018 (Retired)
Owner
George Argyrakis (GeorgeArgyrakis)
Contributors
George Argyrakis (GeorgeArgyrakis)
Vaios Tsitsonis (St4B)
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FloatingKeyboard

A Floating and Draggable KeyboardView for android that several EditText's can register to use it.

Usage

Use it as normal keyboard view and

  1. Place FloatingKeyboardView inside a FrameLayout or a RelativeLayout (TIP: Put it last or/and with some elevation)
  2. Make an xml with you keyboard layout (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/Keyboard.html)
  3. Declare it in activity code FloatingKeyboardView mCustomKeyboard = (FloatingKeyboardView) findViewById(R.id.keyboardview);
  4. Assign the keyboard layout mCustomKeyboard.setKeyboard(new Keyboard(this, R.xml.numkbd));
  5. Register edittexts to use it mCustomKeyboard.registerEditText(R.id.edittext1);

Optional but highly recommended:

  1. Set a transparent background android:background="@android:color/transparent"
  2. Disable text shadow android:shadowRadius="0.0"
  3. Make a drawable selector and use as a key background android:keyBackground="@drawable/keyback"

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Based on the following great guide from Maarten Pennings (http://www.fampennings.nl/maarten/android/09keyboard/)