Application can modify text input hint message

project/java/MainActivity.java

@@ -455,10 +455,23 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity
 			}
 		};
 		_screenKeyboard = new EditText(this);
-		_videoLayout.addView(_screenKeyboard);
+		// This code does not work
-		_screenKeyboard.setOnKeyListener(new simpleKeyListener(this, sendBackspace));
+		/*
-		_screenKeyboard.setHint(R.string.text_edit_click_here);
+		_screenKeyboard.setMaxLines(100);
+		ViewGroup.LayoutParams layout = _screenKeyboard.getLayoutParams();
+		if( layout != null )
+		{
+			layout.width = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT;
+			layout.height = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT;
+			_screenKeyboard.setLayoutParams(layout);
+		}
+		_screenKeyboard.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.BOTTOM | android.view.Gravity.LEFT);
+		*/
+		String hint = _screenKeyboardHintMessage;
+		_screenKeyboard.setHint(hint != null ? hint : getString(R.string.text_edit_click_here));
 		_screenKeyboard.setText(oldText);
+		_screenKeyboard.setOnKeyListener(new simpleKeyListener(this, sendBackspace));
+		_videoLayout.addView(_screenKeyboard);
 		//_screenKeyboard.setKeyListener(new TextKeyListener(TextKeyListener.Capitalize.NONE, false));
 		_screenKeyboard.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
 		_screenKeyboard.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
@@ -493,6 +506,23 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity
 	{
 		return _screenKeyboard != null;
 	};
+	
+	public void setScreenKeyboardHintMessage(String s)
+	{
+		_screenKeyboardHintMessage = s;
+		//System.out.println("setScreenKeyboardHintMessage: " + (_screenKeyboardHintMessage != null ? _screenKeyboardHintMessage : getString(R.string.text_edit_click_here)));
+		runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
+		{
+			public void run()
+			{
+				if( _screenKeyboard != null )
+				{
+					String hint = _screenKeyboardHintMessage;
+					_screenKeyboard.setHint(hint != null ? hint : getString(R.string.text_edit_click_here));
+				}
+			}
+		} );
+	}
 
 	final static int ADVERTISEMENT_POSITION_RIGHT = -1;
 	final static int ADVERTISEMENT_POSITION_BOTTOM = -1;
@@ -1023,6 +1053,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity
 
 	private FrameLayout _videoLayout = null;
 	private EditText _screenKeyboard = null;
+	private String _screenKeyboardHintMessage = null;
 	private boolean sdlInited = false;
 	public Settings.TouchEventsListener touchListener = null;
 	public Settings.KeyEventsListener keyListener = null;

project/java/Video.java

@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class DemoRenderer extends GLSurfaceView_SDL.Renderer
 		{
 			try {
 				Thread.sleep(50); // Give some time to the keyboard input thread
-			catch(Exception e) { };
+			} catch(Exception e) { };
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -523,6 +523,11 @@ class DemoRenderer extends GLSurfaceView_SDL.Renderer
 		return context.isScreenKeyboardShown() ? 1 : 0;
 	}
 
+	public void setScreenKeyboardHintMessage(String s)
+	{
+		context.setScreenKeyboardHintMessage(s);
+	}
+
 	public void startAccelerometerGyroscope(int started)
 	{
 		accelerometer.openedBySDL = (started != 0);

project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_screenkeyboard.h

@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_GetScreenKeyboardTextInput(char * textBu
 /* Whether user redefined on-screen keyboard layout via SDL menu, app should not enforce it's own layout in that case */
 extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_GetScreenKeyboardRedefinedByUser(void);
 
+/* Set hint message for the text input field, it may be multi-line, set NULL to reset hint to default */
+extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_SetScreenKeyboardHintMesage(const char * hint);
+
 /* API compatible to SDL2, it's a wrapper to the SDL_ANDROID_ToggleScreenKeyboardWithoutTextInput(), it does not block */
 
 extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_HasScreenKeyboardSupport(void *unused);

project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo-1.2.c

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int ANDROID_VideoInit(_THIS, SDL_PixelFormat *vformat)
 	SDL_modelist[20]->w = 640; SDL_modelist[20]->h = 270; // For UAE4ALL2
 	SDL_modelist[21]->w = 320; SDL_modelist[21]->h = 216; // For UAE4ALL2
 	SDL_modelist[22]->w = 640; SDL_modelist[22]->h = 216; // For UAE4ALL2
-	SDL_modelist[23]->w = 384; SDL_modelist[23]->h = 272; // For VCMI
+	SDL_modelist[23]->w = 384; SDL_modelist[23]->h = 272; // For VICE
 	SDL_modelist[24] = NULL;
 	
 	SDL_VideoInit_1_3(NULL, 0);

project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static jmethodID JavaShowScreenKeyboard = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaToggleScreenKeyboardWithoutTextInput = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaHideScreenKeyboard = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaIsScreenKeyboardShown = NULL;
+static jmethodID JavaSetScreenKeyboardHintMessage = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaStartAccelerometerGyroscope = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaGetAdvertisementParams = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaSetAdvertisementVisible = NULL;
@@ -295,9 +296,25 @@ void SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaHideScreenKeyboard()
 
 int SDL_ANDROID_IsScreenKeyboardShown()
 {
+	/*
+	// Efficient implementation sometimes fails for no real reason, so poll Java from time to time
+	// Or maybe not, this was when I've added some debug code, not observed anymore
+	static int safetyCounter = 0;
+	if( safetyCounter >= 60 ) {
+		safetyCounter = 0;
+		SDL_ANDROID_IsScreenKeyboardShownFlag = (*JavaEnv)->CallIntMethod( JavaEnv, JavaRenderer, JavaIsScreenKeyboardShown );
+	}
+	safetyCounter ++;
+	*/
+
 	return SDL_ANDROID_IsScreenKeyboardShownFlag;
 }
 
+void SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaSetScreenKeyboardHintMessage(const char *hint)
+{
+	(*JavaEnv)->CallVoidMethod( JavaEnv, JavaRenderer, JavaSetScreenKeyboardHintMessage, hint ? (*JavaEnv)->NewStringUTF(JavaEnv, hint) : NULL );
+}
+
 void SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaStartAccelerometerGyroscope(int start)
 {
 	(*JavaEnv)->CallVoidMethod( JavaEnv, JavaRenderer, JavaStartAccelerometerGyroscope, (jint) start );
@@ -315,6 +332,7 @@ JAVA_EXPORT_NAME(DemoRenderer_nativeInitJavaCallbacks) ( JNIEnv*  env, jobject t
 	JavaToggleScreenKeyboardWithoutTextInput = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "showScreenKeyboardWithoutTextInputField", "()V");
 	JavaHideScreenKeyboard = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "hideScreenKeyboard", "()V");
 	JavaIsScreenKeyboardShown = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "isScreenKeyboardShown", "()I");
+	JavaSetScreenKeyboardHintMessage = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "setScreenKeyboardHintMessage", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
 	JavaStartAccelerometerGyroscope = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "startAccelerometerGyroscope", "(I)V");
 
 	JavaGetAdvertisementParams = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "getAdvertisementParams", "([I)V");

project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.h

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ extern SDL_Rect SDL_ANDROID_ShowScreenUnderFingerRect, SDL_ANDROID_ShowScreenUnd
 extern int SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaSwapBuffers();
 extern void SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaShowScreenKeyboard(const char * oldText, char * outBuf, int outBufLen);
 extern void SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaHideScreenKeyboard();
+extern void SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaSetScreenKeyboardHintMessage(const char *hint);
 extern int SDL_ANDROID_IsScreenKeyboardShown();
 extern int SDL_ANDROID_IsScreenKeyboardShownFlag;
 extern int SDL_ANDROID_drawTouchscreenKeyboard();

project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_touchscreenkeyboard.c

@@ -1134,3 +1134,9 @@ int SDL_ANDROID_GetScreenKeyboardRedefinedByUser()
 {
 	return ScreenKbRedefinedByUser;
 }
+
+int SDL_ANDROID_SetScreenKeyboardHintMesage(const char * hint)
+{
+	SDL_ANDROID_CallJavaSetScreenKeyboardHintMessage(hint);
+	return 1;
+}