PhoneGap for Android does not accept the 9 key

Question

I have a strange problem in my PhoneGap-based android app. On certain screens, the number 9 key is completely ignored. This happens on all my Android 2.X devices. I hav

Answer 1

I had the same issue. Turns out that you need to specify the Android SDK version via the API number in the config.xml file

add: <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="8" />

Answer 2

I have developed a phonegap application in eclipse(for android). I had the same problem. When i pressed on 7, the application stopped and when i press on 9, the application do nothing in the text area components. It was also a problem appears on android versions 2.2 & 2.3.3. In the layout, there were a structure such as frame->frame->linear layout. And then i removed both of the frames. I just used linear layout and then the problem solved. I can press on 7 & 9 and there is no problem in the application. I mean, you should check for the unused layout components.

Answer 3

It might be related to this issue. For some reason PhoneGap is calling setNavDump on the web view's WebSettings. setNavDump is an obsolete method according to the android docs so you should be fine if you disable it.

One way to do it is by overriding the init method in your class that extends DroidGap

    @Override
public void init() {
    super.init();       
    this.appView.getSettings().setNavDump(false);
}

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If that doesn't work, try adding it after the loadUrl call in the existing onCreate method:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    //... snip ...
    super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html", 12000);
    this.appView.getSettings().setNavDump(false);
    //... snip ...
}