{"id":259,"date":"2015-04-10T15:08:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2016-11-21T21:13:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T02:13:56","slug":"android-inputtypes-and-keyboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Android InputTypes and Keyboards"},"content":{"rendered":"

When reading\u00a0input from an Android user with an EditText, you have a\u00a0simple way to help that user out by setting the InputType. \u00a0If you need the user to input a number, for example, you set the number InputType, and the user will automatically key a numeric keypad instead of the full QWERTY. \u00a0This saves the user a little bit of time and mental energy, and helps avoid mistakes with input.<\/p>\n

Beyond just text and numbers, though, are a range of options that produce very subtle changes in the keyboard that Android brings up. \u00a0Below I explore which options bring up which keypad by default.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-04-55\"First, the standard keyboard, which covers a lot of the input types.
\nTYPE_CLASS_TEXT<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_EMAIL_SUBJECT<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_LONG_MESSAGE<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PERSON_NAME<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_POSTAL_ADDRESS<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_EDIT_TEXT<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_FILTER<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PHONETIC<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_PASSWORD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-05-02\"For our first subtle variation, the URI keyboard replaces the comma with a slash.
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-05-07\"Next, the email keyboard replaces the comma\u00a0with an @.
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_EMAIL_ADDRESS<\/a>
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_EMAIL_ADDRESS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-05-23\"The short message keyboard replaces the enter key with emoji access.
\nTYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_SHORT_MESSAGE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-06-22\"The other main keyboard is for numeric entry.
\nTYPE_CLASS_NUMBER<\/a>
\nTYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL<\/a>
\nTYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-06-40\"The number password variant reduces the available symbols and focuses just on the numbers.
\nTYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-06-56\"The phone class\u00a0adds some symbols common for phone number formatting, plus star & hash.
\nTYPE_CLASS_PHONE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-07-17\"The date\/time class gives you a slash and colon for formatting.
\nTYPE_CLASS_DATETIME<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-07-23\"The date variant only allows for a slash.
\nTYPE_DATETIME_VARIATION_DATE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-04-10-12-07-29\"The time variant only allows a colon.
\nTYPE_DATETIME_VARIATION_TIME<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When reading\u00a0input from an Android user with an EditText, you have a\u00a0simple way to help that user out by setting the InputType. \u00a0If you need the user to input a number, for example, you set the number InputType, and the user will automatically key a numeric keypad instead of the full QWERTY. \u00a0This saves the … Continue reading “Android InputTypes and Keyboards”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jebware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}