I want to add a button above the default keyboard in Android and I want to reuse a lot of times.
Something like this:
So, in such a case, do I need to create a new Custom keyboard OR is there a way to add this button programmatically every time i want this button above the keyboard?
Can anyone recommend the right way to go. Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks
First of all...It just like a trick...Add the following code in your layout
<RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/footer" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:gravity="center"> <Button android:id="@+id/sendMsgButton" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="40dp" android:layout_margin="0dp" android:layout_marginBottom="20dp" android:layout_marginTop="20dp" android:background="#FF9800" android:text="This button" android:textSize="20dp" android:textColor="#ffffff" /> </RelativeLayout> Then dynamically show or hide this(in keyboard listener) by using hese 2 code on the right places:
button.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE) button.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE) I think the way to go is implementing a listener to check if the keyboard is visible and toggling the visibility of the button. For the button I suggest using a RelativeLayout or FrameLayout as the parent view with the button aligned to the bottom.
