can i write my own event on android:imeOptions="actionSearch" ?

Question

dear friends,

i am using android:imeOptions="actionSearch"

in editText and my question is can i write my own event if user presses Searchbutton on Softkeyboard?

actualy i want to perform functionality of softkeyboard search button similar to button we use on android activity.

any help would be appriciated.

Answer 1

Call setOnEditorActionListener() on the EditText to register a TextView.OnEditorActionListener that will be invoked when the user taps the action button on the soft keyboard.

Answer 2

finally i used...

EditText   SearchEditText =(EditText)findViewById(R.id.txtMapSearch);
         SearchEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener(){ 



            @Override
            public boolean onEditorAction(TextView arg0, int arg1, KeyEvent arg2) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                 if(arg1 == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) 
                 {

                  // search pressed and perform your functionality.                   
                 }
                 return false;
            }

         });