get Cursor Position from input - Android android.view.inputmethod

Android examples for android.view.inputmethod:InputConnection

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Description

get Cursor Position from input

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import android.view.inputmethod.ExtractedText;
import android.view.inputmethod.ExtractedTextRequest;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;

public class Main {
    private static final int INVALID_CURSOR_POSITION = -1;

    private static int getCursorPosition(InputConnection connection) {
        if (null == connection)
            return INVALID_CURSOR_POSITION;
        final ExtractedText extracted = connection.getExtractedText(
                new ExtractedTextRequest(), 0);
        if (extracted == null) {
            return INVALID_CURSOR_POSITION;
        }
        return extracted.startOffset + extracted.selectionStart;
    }
}

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