EditorInfo

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: the action key performs a "done" operation, typically meaning the IME will be closed.

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: the action key performs a "go" operation to take the user to the target of the text they typed. Typically used, for example, when entering a URL.

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: the action key performs a "next" operation, taking the user to the next field that will accept text.

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: there is no available action.

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: Like IME_ACTION_NEXT, but for moving to the previous field. This will normally not be used to specify an action (since it precludes IME_ACTION_NEXT, but can be returned to the app if it sets IME_FLAG_NAVIGATE_PREVIOUS.

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: the action key performs a "search" operation, taking the user to the results of searching for the text the have typed (in whatever context is appropriate).

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: the action key performs a "send" operation, delivering the text to its target. This is typically used when composing a message.

Bits of IME_MASK_ACTION: no specific action has been associated with this editor, let the editor come up with its own if it can.

Flag of imeOptions: used to request that the IME is capable of inputting ASCII characters. The intention of this flag is to ensure that the user can type Roman alphabet characters in a TextView used for, typically, account ID or password input. It is expected that IMEs normally are able to input ASCII even without being told so (such IMEs already respect this flag in a sense), but there could be some cases they aren't when, for instance, only non-ASCII input languagaes like Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Russian are enabled in the IME. Applications need to be aware that the flag is not a guarantee, and not all IMEs will respect it. However, it is strongly recommended for IME authors to respect this flag especially when their IME could end up with a state that has only non-ASCII input languages enabled.

Flag of imeOptions: used to specify that there is something interesting that a forward navigation can focus on. This is like using IME_ACTION_NEXT, except allows the IME to be multiline (with an enter key) as well as provide forward navigation. Note that some IMEs may not be able to do this, especially when running on a small screen where there is little space. In that case it does not need to present a UI for this option. Like IME_ACTION_NEXT, if the user selects the IME's facility to forward navigate, this will show up in the application at InputConnection.performEditorAction(int).

Flag of imeOptions: like IME_FLAG_NAVIGATE_NEXT, but specifies there is something interesting that a backward navigation can focus on. If the user selects the IME's facility to backward navigate, this will show up in the application as an IME_ACTION_PREVIOUS at InputConnection.performEditorAction(int).

Flag of imeOptions: used in conjunction with IME_MASK_ACTION, this indicates that the action should not be available as an accessory button when the input method is full-screen. Note that by setting this flag, there can be cases where the action is simply never available to the user. Setting this generally means that you think showing text being edited is more important than the action you have supplied.

Flag of imeOptions: used in conjunction with IME_MASK_ACTION, this indicates that the action should not be available in-line as a replacement for "enter" key. Typically this is because the action has such a significant impact or is not recoverable enough that accidentally hitting it should be avoided, such as sending a message. Note that TextView will automatically set this flag for you on multi-line text views.

Flag of imeOptions: used to specify that the IME does not need to show its extracted text UI. For input methods that may be fullscreen, often when in landscape mode, this allows them to be smaller and let part of the application be shown behind. Though there will likely be limited access to the application available from the user, it can make the experience of a (mostly) fullscreen IME less jarring. Note that when this flag is specified the IME may not be set up to be able to display text, so it should only be used in situations where this is not needed.

Flag of imeOptions: used to request that the IME never go into fullscreen mode. Applications need to be aware that the flag is not a guarantee, and not all IMEs will respect it.

Set of bits in imeOptions that provide alternative actions associated with the "enter" key. This both helps the IME provide better feedback about what the enter key will do, and also allows it to provide alternative mechanisms for providing that command.

Generic unspecified type for imeOptions.

Used to make this class parcelable.

If actionLabel has been given, this is the id for that command when the user presses its button that is delivered back with InputConnection.performEditorAction().

In some cases an IME may be able to display an arbitrary label for a command the user can perform, which you can specify here. You can not count on this being used.

Any extra data to supply to the input method. This is for extended communication with specific input methods; the name fields in the bundle should be scoped (such as "com.mydomain.im.SOME_FIELD") so that they don't conflict with others. This field is can be filled in from the editorExtras attribute of a TextView.

Identifier for the editor's field. This is optional, and may be 0. By default it is filled in with the result of View.getId() on the View that is being edited.

Additional name for the editor's field. This can supply additional name information for the field. By default it is null. The actual contents have no meaning.

The "hint" text of the text view, typically shown in-line when the text is empty to tell the user what to enter.

Extended type information for the editor, to help the IME better integrate with it.

The capitalization mode of the first character being edited in the text. Values may be any combination of TextUtils.CAP_MODE_CHARACTERS, TextUtils.CAP_MODE_WORDS, and TextUtils.CAP_MODE_SENTENCES, though you should generally just take a non-zero value to mean start out in caps mode.

The text offset of the end of the selection at the time editing began; -1 if not known.

The text offset of the start of the selection at the time editing began; -1 if not known.

The content type of the text box, whose bits are defined by InputType.

A label to show to the user describing the text they are writing.

Name of the package that owns this editor.

A string supplying additional information options that are private to a particular IME implementation. The string must be scoped to a package owned by the implementation, to ensure there are no conflicts between implementations, but other than that you can put whatever you want in it to communicate with the IME. For example, you could have a string that supplies an argument like "com.example.myapp.SpecialMode=3". This field is can be filled in from the privateImeOptions attribute of a TextView.

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.

Write debug output of this object.

Ensure that the data in this EditorInfo is compatible with an application that was developed against the given target API version. This can impact the following input types: TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_EMAIL_ADDRESS, TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_PASSWORD, TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_NORMAL, TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD.

This is called by the framework for input method implementations; you should not generally need to call it yourself.

Used to package this object into a Parcel.