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December 7, 2010
Question

Call the numeric keyboard?

  • December 7, 2010
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I'm working on an app that frequently requires the user to enter numeric info. I'd love to let them bypass the step of having to click into the numeric keyboard and just launch it directly, is there someway to do that?

Thanks in advance,

Greg

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Participant
July 19, 2011

Do you know if you can now 'Call the numer keyboard' with Flash Builder 4.5?

Inspiring
July 19, 2011

I don't think it is possible in AIR 2.7. In my last app, I implemented my own numeric keyboard...

Chris W. Griffith
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 7, 2010

Currently there is no method to call alternate keyboard from an AIR for Android application. You might consider creating your own numeric keyboard and handling the entire process yourself. This would an often requested item during the pre-release. I don't know if this feature will be in the next version (I hope it is).

Chris

Participant
December 7, 2010

Bummer of an answer but thanks for letting me know. Guess I'll have to gin up my own numeric keypad. D'oh!

December 17, 2010

If I understand you - you have the same wish as I do: to open the native device's keyboard, byt with the numeric button option enabled, right ?

I think that Adobe should come up with a solution to this real quick, as it seems to be a very annoying thing.. It is possible to do in "native" android development..

//KE