onKeyListener not working on virtual keyboard

Question

I don\'t understand why this piece of code is not working. Only backspace and return key are detected. Listener doesn\'t fire for any other key. My device is Nexus One.

Answer 1

We had the TextWatcher problem on iPhone as well -- if buffer is empty, keyboard does not send del event. We worked around it by preloading the keyboard buffer with 1000 characters. Luckily, our app hid the edit field behind the keyboard so the 1000 characters are not seen. It's ugly, but it works (unless the user hits 1000 deletes in a a row prior to entering any data!)