KeyEvent only works on WebView if I use a “hot swap” of the APK
I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?
@Override
public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
}
});
}
}
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)
android webview keyevent asked Nov 20 at 22:54
LuckyPrime
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I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?
@Override
public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
}
});
}
}
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)
android webview keyevent asked Nov 20 at 22:54
LuckyPrime
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I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?
@Override
public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
}
});
}
}
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)
android webview keyevent asked Nov 20 at 22:54
LuckyPrime
2815
I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?
@Override
public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
}
});
}
}
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)
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