[android-developers] Re: Is there a way to prompt the user for the input method ?

No, an app has absolutely no control over which input method the user
installs and uses at any particular time.

On Mar 17, 6:54 pm, Keeper Hood <keeper.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to make a custom keyboard for my word game app. But it's not
> very user friendly for the user to go to Language Settings and enable
> it there and then hold on some text input and select my custom input
> method. Is there a built-in call that i could use to prompt the user
> to select a input method on the app start? Something like when you're
> prompted to turn on bluetooth and bt disovery. If this is not possible
> would it be a memory hog to create my own View with buttons on it that
> would simulate the keyboard and send chars to the EditText or TextView
> for displaying what is currently typed in.

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