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KMManager.setKeyboard()

Summary

The setKeyboard() method sets the keyboard to be used.

Syntax

KMManager.setKeyboard(Context context, Keyboard keyboardInfo)

Parameters

context
The context.
keyboardInfo
Keyboard type of the keyboard information.

Returns

Returns true if the keyboard was set successfully, false otherwise.

Description

Use this syntax to set a keyboard which has already been added into the keyboards list.



Syntax

KMManager.setKeyboard(String packageID, String keyboardID, String languageID)

Parameters

packageID
ID of the keyboard package.
keyboardID
ID of the keyboard.
languageID
ID of the associated language.

Returns

Returns true if the keyboard was set successfully, false otherwise.

Description

Use this syntax to set a keyboard which has already been added into the keyboards list.



Syntax

KMManager.setKeyboard(String packageID, String keyboardID, String languageID, String keyboardName, String languageName, String kFont, String kOskFont)

Parameters

packageID
ID of the keyboard package.
keyboardID
ID of the keyboard.
languageID
ID of the associated language.
keyboardName
Name of the keyboard.
languageName
Name of the associated language.
kFont
Filename or description of the font to type with the keyboard. Can be null or empty string.
kOskFont
Filename or description of the font displayed on the keyboard. Can be null or empty string.

Returns

Returns true if the keyboard was set successfully, false otherwise.

Description

Use this syntax to set a keyboard which has already been added into the keyboards list.



Syntax

KMManager.setKeyboard(Context context, int position)

Parameters

context
The context.
position
0-based position of the keyboard in the keyboards list.

Returns

Returns true if the keyboard was set successfully, false otherwise.

Description

Use this syntax to set a keyboard which has already been added into the keyboards list.



Examples

Example 1: Using setKeyboard()

The following script illustrate the use of setKeyboard() with keyboard information:

    // Setting a Keyman keyboard
    Keyboard keyboardInfo = KMManager.getDefaultKeyboard();
    KMManager.setKeyboard(getApplicationContext(), keyboardInfo);

Example 2: Using setKeyboard()

The following script illustrate the use of setKeyboard() with package ID, keyboard ID, and language ID:

    // Setting a Keyman keyboard
    KMManager.setKeyboard("sil_euro_latin", "sil_euro_latin", "en");

Example 3: Using setKeyboard()

The following script illustrate the use of setKeyboard():

    // Setting a custom keyboard from the tamil99m keyboard package
    KMManager.setKeyboard("tamil99m", "tamil99m", "ta", "Tamil 99M", "Tamil", "aava1.ttf", "aava1.ttf");

Example 4: Using setKeyboard()

The following script illustrate the use of setKeyboard() with keyboard index:

    // Setting a custom keyboard which exists in keyboards list
    int kbIndex = KMManager.getKeyboardIndex(this, "tamil99m", "ta");
    KMManager.setKeyboard(this, kbIndex);

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