Examples with KeyCharacterMap android.view.KeyCharacterMap used on opensource projects

Example 66 with KeyCharacterMap

use of android.view.KeyCharacterMap in project android_frameworks_base by crdroidandroid.

the class Instrumentation method sendStringSync.

/**
     * Sends the key events corresponding to the text to the app being
     * instrumented.
     * 
     * @param text The text to be sent. 
     */
public void sendStringSync(String text) {
    if (text == null) {
        return;
    }
    KeyCharacterMap keyCharacterMap = KeyCharacterMap.load(KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD);
    KeyEvent[] events = keyCharacterMap.getEvents(text.toCharArray());
    if (events != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
            // We have to change the time of an event before injecting it because
            // all KeyEvents returned by KeyCharacterMap.getEvents() have the same
            // time stamp and the system rejects too old events. Hence, it is
            // possible for an event to become stale before it is injected if it
            // takes too long to inject the preceding ones.
            sendKeySync(KeyEvent.changeTimeRepeat(events[i], SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), 0));
        }
    }
}