Android - add the next and prev button to the on-screen keyboard that appears when I click on editable text in my activity

Question

I need to add the NEXT and PREV button to my soft keyboard, which appears when I click on the edit text box on my activity page. Please provide me with pointers to tutorials on the implementation of this concept.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can do it in xml

android:imeOptions="actionNext" 

or programmatically

 yourEditText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT); 

Answer 2

There is a method for EditText

 myEditText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT); 

Using the method described above, you can add the following button to the soft keyboard.

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