AutofillManager
public
final
class
AutofillManager
extends Object
java.lang.Object | |
↳ | android.view.autofill.AutofillManager |
The AutofillManager
class provides ways for apps and custom views to
integrate with the Autofill Framework lifecycle.
To learn about using Autofill in your app, read the Autofill Framework guides.
Autofill lifecycle
The autofill lifecycle starts with the creation of an autofill context associated with an activity context. The autofill context is created when one of the following methods is called for the first time in an activity context, and the current user has an enabled autofill service:
notifyViewEntered(android.view.View)
notifyViewEntered(android.view.View, int, android.graphics.Rect)
requestAutofill(android.view.View)
Typically, the context is automatically created when the first view of the activity is
focused because View.onFocusChanged()
indirectly calls
notifyViewEntered(android.view.View)
. App developers can call requestAutofill(android.view.View)
to
explicitly create it (for example, a custom view developer could offer a contextual menu action
in a text-field view to let users manually request autofill).
After the context is created, the Android System creates a ViewStructure
that represents the view hierarchy by calling
View.dispatchProvideAutofillStructure(android.view.ViewStructure, int)
in the root views
of all application windows. By default, dispatchProvideAutofillStructure()
results in
subsequent calls to View.onProvideAutofillStructure(android.view.ViewStructure, int)
and
View.onProvideAutofillVirtualStructure(android.view.ViewStructure, int)
for each view in
the hierarchy.
The resulting ViewStructure
is then passed to the autofill service, which
parses it looking for views that can be autofilled. If the service finds such views, it returns
a data structure to the Android System containing the following optional info:
- Datasets used to autofill subsets of views in the activity.
- Id of views that the service can save their values for future autofilling.
When the service returns datasets, the Android System displays an autofill dataset picker
UI associated with the view, when the view is focused on and is part of a dataset.
The application can be notified when the UI is shown by registering an
AutofillCallback
through registerCallback(android.view.autofill.AutofillManager.AutofillCallback)
. When the user
selects a dataset from the UI, all views present in the dataset are autofilled, through
calls to View.autofill(AutofillValue)
or View.autofill(SparseArray)
.
When the service returns ids of savable views, the Android System keeps track of changes made to these views, so they can be used to determine if the autofill save UI is shown later.
The context is then finished when one of the following occurs:
Finally, after the autofill context is commited (i.e., not cancelled), the Android System shows an autofill save UI if the value of savable views have changed. If the user selects the option to Save, the current value of the views is then sent to the autofill service.
Additional notes
It is safe to call AutofillManager
methods from any thread.
Requires the PackageManager#FEATURE_AUTOFILL
feature which can be detected using PackageManager.hasSystemFeature(String)
.
Summary
Nested classes | |
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class |
AutofillManager.AutofillCallback
Callback for autofill related events. |
Constants | |
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String |
EXTRA_ASSIST_STRUCTURE
Intent extra: The assist structure which captures the filled screen. |
String |
EXTRA_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT
Intent extra: The result of an authentication operation. |
String |
EXTRA_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT_EPHEMERAL_DATASET
Intent extra: The optional boolean extra field provided by the
|
String |
EXTRA_CLIENT_STATE
Intent extra: The optional extras provided by the
|
String |
EXTRA_INLINE_SUGGESTIONS_REQUEST
Intent extra: the |
Public methods | |
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void
|
cancel()
Called to indicate the current autofill context should be cancelled. |
void
|
commit()
Called to indicate the current autofill context should be commited. |
void
|
disableAutofillServices()
If the app calling this API has enabled autofill services they will be disabled. |
ComponentName
|
getAutofillServiceComponentName()
Returns the component name of the |
List<String>
|
getAvailableFieldClassificationAlgorithms()
Gets the name of all algorithms currently available for field classification. |
String
|
getDefaultFieldClassificationAlgorithm()
Gets the name of the default algorithm used for field classification. |
AutofillId
|
getNextAutofillId()
Gets the next unique autofill ID for the activity context. |
UserData
|
getUserData()
Gets the user data used for field classification. |
String
|
getUserDataId()
Gets the id of the |
boolean
|
hasEnabledAutofillServices()
Returns |
boolean
|
isAutofillSupported()
Returns |
boolean
|
isEnabled()
Checks whether autofill is enabled for the current user. |
boolean
|
isFieldClassificationEnabled()
Checks if field classification is enabled. |
void
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notifyValueChanged(View view)
Called to indicate the value of an autofillable |
void
|
notifyValueChanged(View view, int virtualId, AutofillValue value)
Called to indicate the value of an autofillable virtual view has changed. |
void
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notifyViewClicked(View view)
Called to indicate a |
void
|
notifyViewClicked(View view, int virtualId)
Called to indicate a virtual view has been clicked. |
void
|
notifyViewEntered(View view)
Called when a |
void
|
notifyViewEntered(View view, int virtualId, Rect absBounds)
Called when a virtual view that supports autofill is entered. |
void
|
notifyViewExited(View view, int virtualId)
Called when a virtual view that supports autofill is exited. |
void
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notifyViewExited(View view)
Called when a |
void
|
notifyViewVisibilityChanged(View view, int virtualId, boolean isVisible)
Called when a virtual view's visibility changed. |
void
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notifyViewVisibilityChanged(View view, boolean isVisible)
Called when a |
void
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notifyVirtualViewsReady(View view, SparseArray<VirtualViewFillInfo> infos)
Called when the virtual views are ready to the user for autofill. |
void
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registerCallback(AutofillManager.AutofillCallback callback)
Registers a |
void
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requestAutofill(View view, int virtualId, Rect absBounds)
Explicitly requests a new autofill context for virtual views. |
void
|
requestAutofill(View view)
Explicitly requests a new autofill context. |
void
|
setUserData(UserData userData)
Sets the Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it's ignored if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user. |
boolean
|
showAutofillDialog(View view, int virtualId)
If autofill suggestions for a
dialog-style UI are available for virtual |
boolean
|
showAutofillDialog(View view)
If autofill suggestions for a
dialog-style UI are available for |
void
|
unregisterCallback(AutofillManager.AutofillCallback callback)
Unregisters a |
Inherited methods | |
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Constants
EXTRA_ASSIST_STRUCTURE
public static final String EXTRA_ASSIST_STRUCTURE
Intent extra: The assist structure which captures the filled screen.
Type: AssistStructure
Constant Value: "android.view.autofill.extra.ASSIST_STRUCTURE"
EXTRA_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT
public static final String EXTRA_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT
Intent extra: The result of an authentication operation. It is
either a fully populated FillResponse
or a fully populated Dataset
if
a response or a dataset is being authenticated respectively.
Type: FillResponse
or a
Dataset
Constant Value: "android.view.autofill.extra.AUTHENTICATION_RESULT"
EXTRA_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT_EPHEMERAL_DATASET
public static final String EXTRA_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT_EPHEMERAL_DATASET
Intent extra: The optional boolean extra field provided by the
AutofillService
accompanying the Dataset
result of an authentication operation.
Before Build.VERSION_CODES.R
, if the authentication result is a
Dataset
, it'll be used to autofill the fields, and also
replace the existing dataset in the cached FillResponse
.
That means if the user clears the field values, the autofill suggestion will show up again
with the new authenticated Dataset.
In Build.VERSION_CODES.R
, we added an exception to this behavior
that if the Dataset being authenticated is a pinned dataset (see
InlinePresentation.isPinned()
), the old Dataset will not be
replaced.
In Build.VERSION_CODES.S
, we added this boolean extra field to
allow the AutofillService
to explicitly specify whether
the returned authenticated Dataset is ephemeral. An ephemeral Dataset will be used to
autofill once and then thrown away. Therefore, when the boolean extra is set to true, the
returned Dataset will not replace the old dataset from the existing
FillResponse
. When it's set to false, it will. When it's not
set, the old dataset will be replaced, unless it is a pinned inline suggestion, which is
consistent with the behavior in Build.VERSION_CODES.R
.
Constant Value: "android.view.autofill.extra.AUTHENTICATION_RESULT_EPHEMERAL_DATASET"
EXTRA_CLIENT_STATE
public static final String EXTRA_CLIENT_STATE
Intent extra: The optional extras provided by the
AutofillService
.
For example, when the service responds to a FillCallback.onSuccess(android.service.autofill.FillResponse)
with
a FillResponse
that requires authentication, the Intent that launches the
service authentication will contain the Bundle set by
FillResponse.Builder.setClientState(Bundle)
on this extra.
On Android Build.VERSION_CODES.P
and higher, the autofill service
can also add this bundle to the Intent
set as the
result
for an authentication request,
so the bundle can be recovered later on
SaveRequest.getClientState()
.
Type: Bundle
Constant Value: "android.view.autofill.extra.CLIENT_STATE"
EXTRA_INLINE_SUGGESTIONS_REQUEST
public static final String EXTRA_INLINE_SUGGESTIONS_REQUEST
Intent extra: the InlineSuggestionsRequest
in the
autofill request.
This is filled in the authentication intent so the
AutofillService
can use it to create the inline
suggestion Dataset
in the response, if the original autofill
request contains the InlineSuggestionsRequest
.
Constant Value: "android.view.autofill.extra.INLINE_SUGGESTIONS_REQUEST"
Public methods
cancel
public void cancel ()
Called to indicate the current autofill context should be cancelled.
This method is typically called by Views
that manage virtual views; for
example, when the view is rendering an HTML
page with a form and virtual views
that represent the HTML elements, it should call this method if the user does not post the
form but moves to another form in this page.
Note: This method does not need to be called on regular application lifecycle
methods such as Activity.finish()
.
commit
public void commit ()
Called to indicate the current autofill context should be commited.
This method is typically called by Views
that manage virtual views; for
example, when the view is rendering an HTML
page with a form and virtual views
that represent the HTML elements, it should call this method after the form is submitted and
another page is rendered.
Note: This method does not need to be called on regular application lifecycle
methods such as Activity.finish()
.
disableAutofillServices
public void disableAutofillServices ()
If the app calling this API has enabled autofill services they will be disabled.
getAutofillServiceComponentName
public ComponentName getAutofillServiceComponentName ()
Returns the component name of the AutofillService
that is enabled for the current
user.
Returns | |
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ComponentName |
This value may be null . |
getAvailableFieldClassificationAlgorithms
public List<String> getAvailableFieldClassificationAlgorithms ()
Gets the name of all algorithms currently available for field classification.
Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it returns an empty list if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user.
Returns | |
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List<String> |
This value cannot be null . |
getDefaultFieldClassificationAlgorithm
public String getDefaultFieldClassificationAlgorithm ()
Gets the name of the default algorithm used for field classification.
The default algorithm is used when the algorithm on UserData
is invalid or not
set.
Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it's ignored if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user.
Returns | |
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String |
This value may be null . |
getNextAutofillId
public AutofillId getNextAutofillId ()
Gets the next unique autofill ID for the activity context.
Typically used to manage views whose content is recycled - see
View.setAutofillId(AutofillId)
for more info.
Returns | |
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AutofillId |
An ID that is unique in the activity, or null if autofill is not supported in
the Context associated with this AutofillManager . |
getUserData
public UserData getUserData ()
Gets the user data used for field classification.
Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it's ignored if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user.
Returns | |
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UserData |
value previously set by setUserData(android.service.autofill.UserData) or null if it was
reset or if the caller currently does not have an enabled autofill service for the user. |
getUserDataId
public String getUserDataId ()
Gets the id of the UserData
used for
field classification.
This method is useful when the service must check the status of the UserData
in
the device without fetching the whole object.
Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it's ignored if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user.
Returns | |
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String |
id of the UserData previously set by setUserData(android.service.autofill.UserData)
or null if it was reset or if the caller currently does not have an enabled autofill
service for the user. |
hasEnabledAutofillServices
public boolean hasEnabledAutofillServices ()
Returns true
if the calling application provides a AutofillService
that is
enabled for the current user, or false
otherwise.
Returns | |
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boolean |
isAutofillSupported
public boolean isAutofillSupported ()
Returns true
if autofill is supported by the current device and
is supported for this user.
Autofill is typically supported, but it could be unsupported in cases like:
- Low-end devices.
- Device policy rules that forbid its usage.
Returns | |
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boolean |
isEnabled
public boolean isEnabled ()
Checks whether autofill is enabled for the current user.
Typically used to determine whether the option to explicitly request autofill should
be offered - see requestAutofill(android.view.View)
.
Returns | |
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boolean |
whether autofill is enabled for the current user. |
isFieldClassificationEnabled
public boolean isFieldClassificationEnabled ()
Checks if field classification is enabled.
As field classification is an expensive operation, it could be disabled, either temporarily (for example, because the service exceeded a rate-limit threshold) or permanently (for example, because the device is a low-level device).
Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it's ignored if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user.
Returns | |
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boolean |
notifyValueChanged
public void notifyValueChanged (View view)
Called to indicate the value of an autofillable View
changed.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : view whose value changed. |
notifyValueChanged
public void notifyValueChanged (View view, int virtualId, AutofillValue value)
Called to indicate the value of an autofillable virtual view has changed.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the virtual view parent. |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual child inside the parent view. |
value |
AutofillValue : new value of the child. |
notifyViewClicked
public void notifyViewClicked (View view)
Called to indicate a View
is clicked.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : view that has been clicked.
This value cannot be null . |
notifyViewClicked
public void notifyViewClicked (View view, int virtualId)
Called to indicate a virtual view has been clicked.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the virtual view parent.
This value cannot be null . |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual child inside the parent view. |
notifyViewEntered
public void notifyViewEntered (View view)
Called when a View
that supports autofill is entered.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : View that was entered.
This value cannot be null . |
notifyViewEntered
public void notifyViewEntered (View view, int virtualId, Rect absBounds)
Called when a virtual view that supports autofill is entered.
The virtual view boundaries must be absolute screen coordinates. For example, if the
parent, non-virtual view uses bounds
to draw the virtual view inside its Canvas,
the absolute bounds could be calculated by:
int offset[] = new int[2]; getLocationOnScreen(offset); Rect absBounds = new Rect(bounds.left + offset[0], bounds.top + offset[1], bounds.right + offset[0], bounds.bottom + offset[1]);
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the virtual view parent.
This value cannot be null . |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual child inside the parent view. |
absBounds |
Rect : absolute boundaries of the virtual view in the screen.
This value cannot be null . |
notifyViewExited
public void notifyViewExited (View view, int virtualId)
Called when a virtual view that supports autofill is exited.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the virtual view parent.
This value cannot be null . |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual child inside the parent view. |
notifyViewExited
public void notifyViewExited (View view)
Called when a View
that supports autofill is exited.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : View that was exited.
This value cannot be null . |
notifyViewVisibilityChanged
public void notifyViewVisibilityChanged (View view, int virtualId, boolean isVisible)
Called when a virtual view's visibility changed.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : View that was exited.
This value cannot be null . |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual child inside the parent view. |
isVisible |
boolean : visible if the view is visible in the view hierarchy. |
notifyViewVisibilityChanged
public void notifyViewVisibilityChanged (View view, boolean isVisible)
Called when a view's
visibility changed.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : View that was exited.
This value cannot be null . |
isVisible |
boolean : visible if the view is visible in the view hierarchy. |
notifyVirtualViewsReady
public void notifyVirtualViewsReady (View view, SparseArray<VirtualViewFillInfo> infos)
Called when the virtual views are ready to the user for autofill. This method is used to notify autofill system the views are ready to the user. And then Autofill can do initialization if needed before the user starts to input. For example, do a pre-fill request for the fill dialog.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the host view that holds a virtual view hierarchy.
This value cannot be null . |
infos |
SparseArray : extra information for the virtual views. The key is virtual id which represents
the virtual view in the host view.
This value cannot be null . |
Throws | |
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IllegalArgumentException |
if the infos was empty |
registerCallback
public void registerCallback (AutofillManager.AutofillCallback callback)
Registers a AutofillCallback
to receive autofill events.
Parameters | |
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callback |
AutofillManager.AutofillCallback : callback to receive events.
This value may be null . |
requestAutofill
public void requestAutofill (View view, int virtualId, Rect absBounds)
Explicitly requests a new autofill context for virtual views.
Normally, the autofill context is automatically started if necessary when
notifyViewEntered(android.view.View, int, android.graphics.Rect)
is called, but this method should be used in the
cases where it must be explicitly started. For example, when the virtual view offers an
AUTOFILL option on its contextual overflow menu, and the user selects it.
The virtual view boundaries must be absolute screen coordinates. For example, if the
parent view uses bounds
to draw the virtual view inside its Canvas,
the absolute bounds could be calculated by:
int offset[] = new int[2]; getLocationOnScreen(offset); Rect absBounds = new Rect(bounds.left + offset[0], bounds.top + offset[1], bounds.right + offset[0], bounds.bottom + offset[1]);
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the virtual view parent.
This value cannot be null . |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual child inside the parent view. |
absBounds |
Rect : absolute boundaries of the virtual view in the screen.
This value cannot be null . |
requestAutofill
public void requestAutofill (View view)
Explicitly requests a new autofill context.
Normally, the autofill context is automatically started if necessary when
notifyViewEntered(android.view.View)
is called, but this method should be used in the
cases where it must be explicitly started. For example, when the view offers an AUTOFILL
option on its contextual overflow menu, and the user selects it.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : view requesting the new autofill context.
This value cannot be null . |
setUserData
public void setUserData (UserData userData)
Sets the UserData
used for
field classification
Note: This method should only be called by an app providing an autofill service, and it's ignored if the caller currently doesn't have an enabled autofill service for the user.
Parameters | |
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userData |
UserData : This value may be null . |
showAutofillDialog
public boolean showAutofillDialog (View view, int virtualId)
If autofill suggestions for a
dialog-style UI are available for virtual view
, shows a dialog allowing the user
to select a suggestion and returns true
.
The dialog may not be shown if the autofill service does not support it, if the autofill request has not returned a response yet, if the dialog was shown previously, or if the input method is already shown.
It is recommended apps to call this method the first time a user focuses on
an autofill-able form, and to avoid showing the input method if the dialog is shown. If
this method returns false
, you should then instead show the input method (assuming
that is how the view normally handles the focus event). If the user re-focuses on the view,
you should not call this method again so as to not disrupt usage of the input method.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the view hosting the virtual view hierarchy which is used to show autofill
suggestions.
This value cannot be null . |
virtualId |
int : id identifying the virtual view inside the host view. |
Returns | |
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boolean |
true if the autofill dialog is being shown |
showAutofillDialog
public boolean showAutofillDialog (View view)
If autofill suggestions for a
dialog-style UI are available for view
, shows a dialog allowing the user to
select a suggestion and returns true
.
The dialog may not be shown if the autofill service does not support it, if the autofill request has not returned a response yet, if the dialog was shown previously, or if the input method is already shown.
It is recommended apps to call this method the first time a user focuses on
an autofill-able form, and to avoid showing the input method if the dialog is shown. If
this method returns false
, you should then instead show the input method (assuming
that is how the view normally handles the focus event). If the user re-focuses on the view,
you should not call this method again so as to not disrupt usage of the input method.
Parameters | |
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view |
View : the view for which to show autofill suggestions. This is typically a view
receiving a focus event. The autofill suggestions shown will include content for
related views as well.
This value cannot be null . |
Returns | |
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boolean |
true if the autofill dialog is being shown |
unregisterCallback
public void unregisterCallback (AutofillManager.AutofillCallback callback)
Unregisters a AutofillCallback
to receive autofill events.
Parameters | |
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callback |
AutofillManager.AutofillCallback : callback to stop receiving events.
This value may be null . |
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