Application:setTextInput
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Supported platforms: 
Available since: Gideros 2020.4
Class: Application
Description
Sets the input method editor of the android keyboard.
(bool) = application:setTextInput(type, buffer, selstart, selend, label, actionLabel, hintText)
The possible values for type are:
- Application.TEXTINPUT_CLASS_NONE
- Application.TEXTINPUT_CLASS_TEXT
- Application.TEXTINPUT_CLASS_NUMBER
- Application.TEXTINPUT_CLASS_PHONE
- Application.TEXTINPUT_CLASS_DATE
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TVARIANT_URI
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TVARIANT_EMAIL
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TVARIANT_PASSWORD
- Application.TEXTINPUT_DVARIANT_DATE
- Application.TEXTINPUT_DVARIANT_TIME
- Application.TEXTINPUT_NVARIANT_PASSWORD
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TFLAG_CAPCHARACTERS
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TFLAG_CAPWORDS
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TFLAG_CAPSENTENCES
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TFLAG_AUTOCORRECT
- Application.TEXTINPUT_TFLAG_MULTILINE
- Application.TEXTINPUT_NFLAG_SIGNED
- Application.TEXTINPUT_NFLAG_DECIMAL
Parameters
type (number) the android keyboard IME
buffer (string) the data to store in the buffer
selstart (number) the start of the selection
selend (number) the end of the selection
label (string) the label !
actionLabel (string) the action label !
hintText (string) the hint text !
Return values
Returns (bool) has the clipboard some data
Example
Captures the sequence of key strokes
application:setKeyboardVisibility(true)
local clipboard = application:setTextInput(application.TEXTINPUT_CLASS_NUMBER, "1234", 1, 4)
local function tiEvent(e)
print(clipboard, e.type, e.text, e.selectionStart, e.selectionEnd)
end
--application:addEventListener(Event.TEXT_INPUT, tiEvent)
stage:addEventListener(Event.TEXT_INPUT, tiEvent)
- Application:canOpenUrl
- Application:checkPermission
- Application:configureFrustum
- Application:enableDrawInfo
- Application:enableOnDemandDraw
- Application:exit
- Application:get
- Application:getApiVersion
- Application:getAppId
- Application:getBackgroundColor
- Application:getClipboard
- Application:getContentHeight
- Application:getContentWidth
- Application:getDeviceHeight
- Application:getDeviceInfo
- Application:getDeviceName
- Application:getDeviceOrientation
- Application:getDeviceSafeArea
- Application:getDeviceWidth
- Application:getFps
- Application:getKeyboardModifiers
- Application:getLanguage
- Application:getLocale
- Application:getLogicalBounds
- Application:getLogicalHeight
- Application:getLogicalScaleX
- Application:getLogicalScaleY
- Application:getLogicalTranslateX
- Application:getLogicalTranslateY
- Application:getLogicalWidth
- Application:getNativePath
- Application:getOrientation
- Application:getProjectProperties
- Application:getScaleMode
- Application:getScreenDensity
- Application:getTextureMemoryUsage
- Application:isPlayerMode
- Application:openUrl
- Application:requestPermissions
- Application:set
- Application:setBackgroundColor
- Application:setClipboard
- Application:setEventMerging
- Application:setFps
- Application:setFullScreen
- Application:setKeepAwake
- Application:setKeyboardVisibility
- Application:setLogicalDimensions
- Application:setOrientation
- Application:setScaleMode
- Application:setTextInput
- Application:setWindowSize
- Application:vibrate
