native text controller

[AstghikM]

Hi everyone
i need an idea how to show up android keyboard automatically using native text controller. the problem is that first i have to create the control, then click on it and only after that the keyboard shows up. Here is what i tried using this lesson http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4069/l/2911 ... -on-mobile

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on inputCreate pControll, pControlName, pType

   put pControll into lCurrentFieldID
   put pControlName into lCurrentFieldName
   
   if "testinput" is among the lines of mobileControls() then
      inputDelete
   end if   
   mobileControlCreate "input", pControlName
   mobileControlSet pControlName, "rect", the rect of pControll
   mobileControlSet pControlName, "visible", true
   mobileControlSet pControlName, "alpha", 0
   mobileControlSet pControlName, "contentType", pType
   mobileControlSet pControlName, "text", the text of pControll
 inputFocus
end inputCreate

on inputFocus
   mobileControlDo lCurrentFieldName,"enabled","true" //make sure the input is focus-able
   mobileControlDo lCurrentFieldName, "focus"             //actually focus on the field so the keyboard pops up, etc.
end inputFocus

i called inputCreate in openfield but this didn't work for me, then i tried to call it on openCard to have the controller already created, but as i had more than one field, the keyboard appeared only on the last field.

thanks

Astghik

[MaxV]

Dear Astghik
for every input that you want to create, you just need:

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on OpenCard
   mobileControlCreate "input", "myCuteControl"
    mobileControlSet "myCuteControl", "rect", the rect of  field "mycutefield"
   mobileControlSet "myCuteControl", "visible", true
end OpenCard

Every native input, clicking on it show the keyboard.
If you call inputCreate, you have to pass 3 parameters: pControll, pControlName, pType. For example:

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inputCreate 1, "mycuteControll", "plain"

or

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inputCreate 1, "mycuteControll", "password"

[AstghikM]

Every native input, clicking on it show the keyboard.
If you call inputCreate, you have to pass 3 parameters: pControll, pControlName, pType. For example:

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inputCreate 1, "mycuteControll", "plain"

or

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inputCreate 1, "mycuteControll", "password"

Thank you MaxV,
I tried that and it works

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on preOpenCard
   if the environment is "mobile" then
      --- create native text controlers for the text fields
      --- parameters are the long id of object, native controler name, controller type
      inputCreate the long id of field "login" of group "login", the id of field "login" of group "login", "plain"
      inputCreate the long id of field "password" of group "login", the id of field "password" of group "login", "password"
   end if
end preOpenCard

on inputCreate pControll, pID, pType
 
   if "testinput" is among the lines of mobileControls() then
      inputDelete
   end if   
   mobileControlCreate "input", "control" & pID
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "rect", the rect of pControll
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "visible", true
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "alpha", 0
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "hIndicator", false
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "vIndicator", false
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "contentType", pType
   mobileControlSet "control" & pID, "text", the text of pControll
end inputCreate

But for now i have another problem in inputReturnKey in this function i would put the text into LC field but the code is braking right after replace, so not doing the placement. Any idea why it happens? i am testing it on android phone.

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on inputReturnKey
   put mobileControltarget () into tControllerName
   put mobileControlGet(tControllerName, "text") into tControlText
  
   put tControllerName into tFieldID

   --- get the field id which is in the controller name we created
   replace "control" with empty in tFieldID
   
   put tControlText into field ID tFieldID
 
end inputReturnKey

[MaxV]

the line

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   put mobileControltarget () into tControllerName

is not correct. mobileControltarget () function needs 2 parameters
tControllerName is not defined, is it a global variable? What does it contains?
You code seems to me to use tControllerName as a variable containing something like "control 3".
Check what tControllerName contains or use custom properties instead.

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However this code, if tControllerName is a global variable containing "control 1" (or any other number) should work:

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on inputReturnKey
   put mobileControlGet(tControllerName, "text") into tControlText 
   put tControllerName into tFieldID
   --- get the field id which is in the controller name we created
   replace "control" with empty in tFieldID   
   put tControlText into field ID tFieldID
end inputReturnKey

Remeber to don't use global variables in your code: http://newsletters.livecode.com/may/iss ... etter3.php