Delphi Firemonkey manage VirtualKeyboard on mobile applications

In Firemonkey you can manage the virtualkeyboard on your mobile applications.

if you need that the keyboard not autoshow in your application when a text box is selected you can add this code:

// uses FMX.Types

// you can set TVKAutoShowMode = (DefinedBySystem, Never, Always);

FMX.Types.VKAutoShowMode :=TVKAutoShowMode.vkasNever;

obviusly to enable the virtual keyboard:

// uses FMX.Types

// you can set TVKAutoShowMode = (DefinedBySystem, Never, Always);

FMX.Types.VKAutoShowMode :=TVKAutoShowMode.DefinedBySystem;

so if you have the virtualkeyboard enabled and you want to hide when and edit control is focused you can use this procedure that i found in stackoverflow AT THIS LINK:

uses

{$IFDEF IOS}

  FMX.Forms

{$ENDIF}

{$IFDEF Android}

  Androidapi.JNI.Embarcadero,

  FMX.Platform.Android,

  FMX.Helpers.Android

{$ENDIF};

procedure HideVirtualKeyboard;

{$IFDEF IOS}

begin

  try

    Screen.ActiveForm.Focused := nil;

  except

  end;

end;

{$ENDIF}

{$IFDEF Android}

var

  TextView: JFMXTextEditorProxy;

begin

  try

    begin

      TextView := MainActivity.getTextEditorProxy;

      CallInUIThread(

        procedure

        begin

          TextView.setFocusable(false);

          TextView.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);

          TextView.showSoftInput(false);

          TextView.clearFocus;

          TextView.setFocusable(true);

          TextView.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

        end);

    end

  except

  end;

end;

{$ENDIF}

ANOTHER WAY IS TO USE THE EMBARCADERO PLATFORMSERVICE:

 if TPlatformServices.Current.SupportsPlatformService(IFMXVirtualKeyboardService,Keyboard) then

    begin

        if TVirtualKeyBoardState.Visible in Keyboard.GetVirtualKeyBoardState then

        begin

            Keyboard.HideVirtualKeyboard;

        end

    end;

When you connect a bluethoot or usb barcode reader, or a phisycal keyboard to your Android device, your application never show the virtualkeyboard if you don’t change some settings on Android.
Tho show the virtualkeyboard even you have a barcode scanner connected you need to change this settings:

On Android 5.0

Languages and Input > Current keyboard > Turn “Hardware Show Input Methods” ON

On Android 8.0 and Higher

System > Languages and Input > Physical Keyboard > Turn “Show virtual keyboard” ON

If your system is in Italian go to:

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