Checks if the cursor is inside a word or the current selection is a whole word. - Android android.view.inputmethod

Description

Checks if the cursor is inside a word or the current selection is a whole word.

Demo Code

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import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.view.inputmethod.ExtractedText;
import android.view.inputmethod.ExtractedTextRequest;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main{
    private static boolean sMethodsInitialized;
    private static Method sMethodGetSelectedText;
    private static Method sMethodSetComposingRegion;
    /**
     * Checks if the cursor is inside a word or the current selection is a whole word.
     * @param ic the InputConnection for accessing the text field
     * @param selStart the start position of the selection within the text field
     * @param selEnd the end position of the selection within the text field. This could be
     *               the same as selStart, if there's no selection.
     * @param wordSeparators the word separator characters for the current language
     * @return an object containing the text and coordinates of the selected/touching word,
     *         null if the selection/cursor is not marking a whole word.
     */
    public static SelectedWord getWordAtCursorOrSelection(
            final InputConnection ic, int selStart, int selEnd,
            String wordSeparators) {
        if (selStart == selEnd) {
            // There is just a cursor, so get the word at the cursor
            EditingUtil.Range range = new EditingUtil.Range();
            CharSequence touching = getWordAtCursor(ic, wordSeparators,
                    range);
            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(touching)) {
                SelectedWord selWord = new SelectedWord();
                selWord.word = touching;
                selWord.start = selStart - range.charsBefore;
                selWord.end = selEnd + range.charsAfter;
                return selWord;
            }
        } else {
            // Is the previous character empty or a word separator? If not, return null.
            CharSequence charsBefore = ic.getTextBeforeCursor(1, 0);
            if (!isWordBoundary(charsBefore, wordSeparators)) {
                return null;
            }

            // Is the next character empty or a word separator? If not, return null.
            CharSequence charsAfter = ic.getTextAfterCursor(1, 0);
            if (!isWordBoundary(charsAfter, wordSeparators)) {
                return null;
            }

            // Extract the selection alone
            CharSequence touching = getSelectedText(ic, selStart, selEnd);
            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(touching))
                return null;
            // Is any part of the selection a separator? If so, return null.
            final int length = touching.length();
            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                if (wordSeparators.contains(touching.subSequence(i, i + 1))) {
                    return null;
                }
            }
            // Prepare the selected word
            SelectedWord selWord = new SelectedWord();
            selWord.start = selStart;
            selWord.end = selEnd;
            selWord.word = touching;
            return selWord;
        }
        return null;
    }
    /**
     * @param connection connection to the current text field.
     * @param separators characters which may separate words
     * @param range the range object to store the result into
     * @return the word that surrounds the cursor, including up to one trailing
     *   separator. For example, if the field contains "he|llo world", where |
     *   represents the cursor, then "hello " will be returned.
     */
    public static String getWordAtCursor(InputConnection connection,
            String separators, Range range) {
        Range r = getWordRangeAtCursor(connection, separators, range);
        return (r == null) ? null : r.word;
    }
    /**
     * Takes a character sequence with a single character and checks if the character occurs
     * in a list of word separators or is empty.
     * @param singleChar A CharSequence with null, zero or one character
     * @param wordSeparators A String containing the word separators
     * @return true if the character is at a word boundary, false otherwise
     */
    private static boolean isWordBoundary(CharSequence singleChar,
            String wordSeparators) {
        return TextUtils.isEmpty(singleChar)
                || wordSeparators.contains(singleChar);
    }
    /**
     * Returns the selected text between the selStart and selEnd positions.
     */
    private static CharSequence getSelectedText(InputConnection ic,
            int selStart, int selEnd) {
        // Use reflection, for backward compatibility
        CharSequence result = null;
        if (!sMethodsInitialized) {
            initializeMethodsForReflection();
        }
        if (sMethodGetSelectedText != null) {
            try {
                result = (CharSequence) sMethodGetSelectedText
                        .invoke(ic, 0);
                return result;
            } catch (InvocationTargetException exc) {
                // Ignore
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                // Ignore
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                // Ignore
            }
        }
        // Reflection didn't work, try it the poor way, by moving the cursor to the start,
        // getting the text after the cursor and moving the text back to selected mode.
        // TODO: Verify that this works properly in conjunction with 
        // LatinIME#onUpdateSelection
        ic.setSelection(selStart, selEnd);
        result = ic.getTextAfterCursor(selEnd - selStart, 0);
        ic.setSelection(selStart, selEnd);
        return result;
    }
    private static Range getWordRangeAtCursor(InputConnection connection,
            String sep, Range range) {
        if (connection == null || sep == null) {
            return null;
        }
        CharSequence before = connection.getTextBeforeCursor(1000, 0);
        CharSequence after = connection.getTextAfterCursor(1000, 0);
        if (before == null || after == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // Find first word separator before the cursor
        int start = before.length();
        while (start > 0 && !isWhitespace(before.charAt(start - 1), sep))
            start--;

        // Find last word separator after the cursor
        int end = -1;
        while (++end < after.length()
                && !isWhitespace(after.charAt(end), sep)) {
            // Do nothing
        }

        int cursor = getCursorPosition(connection);
        if (start >= 0 && cursor + end <= after.length() + before.length()) {
            String word = before.toString().substring(start,
                    before.length())
                    + after.toString().substring(0, end);

            Range returnRange = range != null ? range : new Range();
            returnRange.charsBefore = before.length() - start;
            returnRange.charsAfter = end;
            returnRange.word = word;
            return returnRange;
        }

        return null;
    }
    /**
     * Cache method pointers for performance
     */
    private static void initializeMethodsForReflection() {
        try {
            // These will either both exist or not, so no need for separate try/catch blocks.
            // If other methods are added later, use separate try/catch blocks.
            sMethodGetSelectedText = InputConnection.class.getMethod(
                    "getSelectedText", int.class);
            sMethodSetComposingRegion = InputConnection.class.getMethod(
                    "setComposingRegion", int.class, int.class);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException exc) {
            // Ignore
        }
        sMethodsInitialized = true;
    }
    private static boolean isWhitespace(int code, String whitespace) {
        return whitespace.contains(String.valueOf((char) code));
    }
    private static int getCursorPosition(InputConnection connection) {
        ExtractedText extracted = connection.getExtractedText(
                new ExtractedTextRequest(), 0);
        if (extracted == null) {
            return -1;
        }
        return extracted.startOffset + extracted.selectionStart;
    }
}

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