1*d353a188SXin Li 2*d353a188SXin LiAndroid CommitContentSampleIME Sample 3*d353a188SXin Li=================================== 4*d353a188SXin Li 5*d353a188SXin LiThis sample demonstrates how to write an keyboard which sends rich content (such as images) to text 6*d353a188SXin Lifields using the Commit Content API. 7*d353a188SXin Li 8*d353a188SXin LiIntroduction 9*d353a188SXin Li------------ 10*d353a188SXin Li 11*d353a188SXin LiUsers often want to communicate with emojis, stickers, and other kinds of rich content. In previous 12*d353a188SXin Liversions of Android, soft keyboards (input method editors or IMEs) could send only unicode emoji to 13*d353a188SXin Liapps. For rich content (such as images), apps had to either build app-specific APIs that couldn't 14*d353a188SXin Libe used in other apps or use workarounds like sending images through the Easy Share Action or the 15*d353a188SXin Liclipboard. 16*d353a188SXin Li 17*d353a188SXin LiNow in Android 7.1 (API 25), the Android SDK includes the [Commit Content API][1], which provides a 18*d353a188SXin Liuniversal way for IMEs to send images and other rich content directly to a text editor in an app. 19*d353a188SXin LiThe API is also available in the v13 Support Library (ver. 25.0), supporting devices as early as 20*d353a188SXin LiAndroid 3.2 (API 13). 21*d353a188SXin Li 22*d353a188SXin LiWith this API, you can build messaging apps that accept rich content from any keyboard, as well as 23*d353a188SXin Likeyboards that can send rich content to any app. 24*d353a188SXin Li 25*d353a188SXin Li**Note:** This sample does not have a default Activity. After installing it, you will need to enable 26*d353a188SXin Lithis app as a keyboard by navigating to *Settings > Languages & Input > Virtual Keyboard > Manage 27*d353a188SXin LiKeyboards*. This keyboard can then be accessed by pressing the virtual keyboard icon in the 28*d353a188SXin Lilower-right hand corner of the display while in a text field. 29*d353a188SXin Li 30*d353a188SXin Li[1]: https://android-dot-devsite.googleplex.com/preview/image-keyboard.html 31*d353a188SXin Li 32*d353a188SXin LiPre-requisites 33*d353a188SXin Li-------------- 34*d353a188SXin Li 35*d353a188SXin Li- Android SDK 27 36*d353a188SXin Li- Android Build Tools v27.0.2 37*d353a188SXin Li- Android Support Repository 38*d353a188SXin Li 39*d353a188SXin LiScreenshots 40*d353a188SXin Li------------- 41*d353a188SXin Li 42*d353a188SXin Li<img src="screenshots/screenshot-1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 43*d353a188SXin Li 44*d353a188SXin LiGetting Started 45*d353a188SXin Li--------------- 46*d353a188SXin Li 47*d353a188SXin LiThis sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the 48*d353a188SXin Li"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio. 49*d353a188SXin Li 50*d353a188SXin LiSupport 51*d353a188SXin Li------- 52*d353a188SXin Li 53*d353a188SXin Li- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968 54*d353a188SXin Li- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 55*d353a188SXin Li 56*d353a188SXin LiIf you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue: 57*d353a188SXin Lihttps://github.com/googlesamples/android-CommitContentSampleIME 58*d353a188SXin Li 59*d353a188SXin LiPatches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and 60*d353a188SXin Lisubmitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details. 61*d353a188SXin Li 62*d353a188SXin LiLicense 63*d353a188SXin Li------- 64*d353a188SXin Li 65*d353a188SXin LiCopyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. 66*d353a188SXin Li 67*d353a188SXin LiLicensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 68*d353a188SXin Lilicense agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for 69*d353a188SXin Liadditional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this 70*d353a188SXin Lifile to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 71*d353a188SXin Liuse this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 72*d353a188SXin Lithe License at 73*d353a188SXin Li 74*d353a188SXin Lihttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 75*d353a188SXin Li 76*d353a188SXin LiUnless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 77*d353a188SXin Lidistributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 78*d353a188SXin LiWARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 79*d353a188SXin LiLicense for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 80*d353a188SXin Lithe License. 81
