[jira] [Commented] (CB-9005) Can no longer use setOnKeyListener on webView in plugins

["Mike Dimmick (M-Netics) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Mike Dimmick (M-Netics) commented on CB-9005:
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I've taken this over - Ian Darling left the company some time ago. I recently discovered that when we upgraded to cordova-android 5.1.1, we managed to update the Java files without updating cordova.js, meaning we had a mix of 5.1.1 native and 4.0.0 JavaScript. Amazingly this worked fine for over a year, and I wouldn't have spotted it had we not been bitten by the instability of the ONLINE_BRIDGE.

I'm now trying to upgrade to cordova-android 6.4.0 to pick up the newer native bridge, and have to re-apply the changes that we previously made. Is there now any better solution?

I should give some background on what we're actually doing. We work mainly with Zebra enterprise devices, such as their MC40, TC55, TC51 and TC56. These have a couple of extra buttons on either side of the unit, which - using the standard DataWedge app - trigger the barcode scanner. We use Zebra's Enterprise Mobility Developer Kit to gain greater control over the barcode scanner, configuring the types of barcode that are accepted for each input, which in turn is customisable by our clients. When using the EMDK, side scan button actions are delivered to the app rather than triggering the scanner, so we need to trigger the scanner when the button is pressed and deactivate when it's released. The side buttons generate KEYCODE_BUTTON_L1 and KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1 respectively.

> Can no longer use setOnKeyListener on webView in plugins
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-9005
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-9005
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: cordova-android
>    Affects Versions: 4.0.0
>            Reporter: Ian Darling
>            Assignee: Joe Bowser
>            Priority: Minor
>
> I have a plugin that is used for handling "physical" key down/up events on Android devices with additional buttons - these buttons typically fire off KEYCODE_BUTTON_R1, etc
> In earlier versions of Cordova (3.7.0?) I was able to attach a keyListener in the plugin by doing:
> this.webView.setOnKeyListener(etc);
> In migrating to 4.0.0 this no longer compiles.
> My initial thought was to change to using this.webView.getView().setOnKeyListener instead (which appears to be the right way to do it), but this doesn't seem to fully work - my plugin still gets volume up/down key events (which I disregard), but not events for BUTTON_R1.
> Debugging CordovaLib suggests that CordovaWebViewImpl.onDispatchKeyEvent does receive the BUTTON_R1 events, but I'm at a loss as to how to get them into the plugin itself.
> Is there a workaround or alternate API I should be using?
> Thanks,



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