Hi all,
I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 - SoftKeyboard.
For a specific group of edit texts I want to show just a SoftKeyboard with numbers and a dot/comma (accepting dot or comma dependent from current culture setting via KeyListener).
My code snippet for getting this number keyboard is:
var _sensorOffset = View.FindViewById<EditText>(Resource.Id.editText_sensor_offset_value);
_sensorOffset.InputType = InputTypes.ClassNumber;
_sensorOffset.KeyListener = DigitsKeyListener.GetInstance("0123456789-" +
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.CurrencyDecimalSeparator);
This works fine for most of the devices, e. g. my Google Nexus 5 with Android M 6.0.
But for some devices it does not work, e. g. for Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.
There I always get a Number keyboard WITHOUT a dot/comma so it is not possible to enter floating point numbers.
I read through a lot of posts and discussions, but whatever I try it does not work.
I also tried proposals like using, e. g.
_sensorOffset.InputType = InputTypes.ClassNumber;
Always the same number soft keyboard shows up. The only workarounds I found are to:
a) Install another SoftKeyboard, e. g. the Jelly Bean Keyboard 4.3 -> works fine.
or
b) assign _sensorOffset.InputType = InputTypes.ClassText; -> not nice to allow entering letters and afterwards do a lot of validation checks.
I also read that this is a known issue for some Samsung Galaxy Devices that dot/comma is not visible on soft keyboard, but I cannot really believe this.
Did I miss something completely here? I will be very thankful for some hints.
Thanks in Advance and Best Regards
Marc
P.S. Attached are some screenshots:
1.) Google Nexus 5 with Android 6.0 -> works like expected
2.) Galaxy Tab 4 with Android 5.0.2 and Default Samsung Keyboard -> No dot/comma at all
3.) Galaxy Tab 4 with Android 5.0.2 and Jelly Bean Keyboard 4.3 -> dot/comma available, but some additional buttons shown.