# android.view.inputmethod Added in[API level 3](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) # android.view.inputmethod *** ** * ** *** [Kotlin](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/package-summary "View this page in Kotlin")\|Java Framework classes for interaction between views and input methods (such as soft keyboards). See[InputMethodManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager)for an overview. In most cases the main classes here are not needed for most applications, since they are dealt with for you by[TextView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView). When implementing a custom text editor, however, you will need to implement the[InputConnection](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection)class to allow the current input method to interact with your view. ## Interfaces 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| [ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback) | Interface to receive the result of starting a connectionless stylus handwriting session using one of[InputMethodManager.startConnectionlessStylusHandwriting(View, CursorAnchorInfo, Executor,ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager#startConnectionlessStylusHandwriting(android.view.View,%20android.view.inputmethod.CursorAnchorInfo,%20java.util.concurrent.Executor,%20android.view.inputmethod.ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback)),[InputMethodManager.startConnectionlessStylusHandwritingForDelegation(android.view.View, android.view.inputmethod.CursorAnchorInfo, java.util.concurrent.Executor, android.view.inputmethod.ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager#startConnectionlessStylusHandwritingForDelegation(android.view.View,%20android.view.inputmethod.CursorAnchorInfo,%20java.util.concurrent.Executor,%20android.view.inputmethod.ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback)), or[InputMethodManager.startConnectionlessStylusHandwritingForDelegation(android.view.View, android.view.inputmethod.CursorAnchorInfo, java.lang.String, java.util.concurrent.Executor, android.view.inputmethod.ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager#startConnectionlessStylusHandwritingForDelegation(android.view.View,%20android.view.inputmethod.CursorAnchorInfo,%20java.lang.String,%20java.util.concurrent.Executor,%20android.view.inputmethod.ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback)). | | [InputConnection](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection) | The InputConnection interface is the communication channel from an[InputMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod)back to the application that is receiving its input. | | [InputMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod) | The InputMethod interface represents an input method which can generate key events and text, such as digital, email addresses, CJK characters, other language characters, and etc., while handling various input events, and send the text back to the application that requests text input. | | [InputMethod.SessionCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod.SessionCallback) | | | [InputMethodSession](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSession) | The InputMethodSession interface provides the per-client functionality of[InputMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod)that is safe to expose to applications. | | [InputMethodSession.EventCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSession.EventCallback) | | ## Classes |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [BaseInputConnection](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/BaseInputConnection) | Base class for implementors of the InputConnection interface, taking care of most of the common behavior for providing a connection to an Editable. | | [CompletionInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CompletionInfo) | Information about a single text completion that an editor has reported to an input method. | | [CorrectionInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CorrectionInfo) | Information about a single text correction that an editor has reported to an input method. | | [CursorAnchorInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CursorAnchorInfo) | Positional information about the text insertion point and characters in the composition string. | | [CursorAnchorInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CursorAnchorInfo.Builder) | Builder for[CursorAnchorInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CursorAnchorInfo). | | [DeleteGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture) | A sub-class of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for deleting an area of text using single rectangle. | | [DeleteGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture.Builder) | Builder for[DeleteGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture). | | [DeleteRangeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteRangeGesture) | A subclass of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for deleting a range of text by defining start and end rectangles. | | [DeleteRangeGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteRangeGesture.Builder) | Builder for[DeleteRangeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteRangeGesture). | | [EditorBoundsInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorBoundsInfo) | Container of rectangular position related info for the Editor. | | [EditorBoundsInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorBoundsInfo.Builder) | Builder for[EditorBoundsInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorBoundsInfo). | | [EditorInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo) | An EditorInfo describes several attributes of a text editing object that an input method is communicating with (typically an EditText), most importantly the type of text content it contains and the current cursor position. | | [ExtractedText](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText) | Information about text that has been extracted for use by an input method. | | [ExtractedTextRequest](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/ExtractedTextRequest) | Description of what an input method would like from an application when extract text from its input editor. | | [HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture) | Base class for stylus handwriting gestures. | | [InlineSuggestion](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestion) | This class represents an inline suggestion which is made by one app and can be embedded into the UI of another. | | [InlineSuggestionInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionInfo) | This class represents the description of an inline suggestion. | | [InlineSuggestionsRequest](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsRequest) | This class represents an inline suggestion request made by one app to get suggestions from the other source. | | [InlineSuggestionsRequest.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsRequest.Builder) | A builder for[InlineSuggestionsRequest](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsRequest) | | [InlineSuggestionsResponse](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsResponse) | This class represents an inline suggestion response. | | [InputBinding](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputBinding) | Information given to an[InputMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod)about a client connecting to it. | | [InputConnectionWrapper](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnectionWrapper) | Wrapper class for proxying calls to another InputConnection. | | [InputContentInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputContentInfo) | A container object with which input methods can send content files to the target application. | | [InputMethodInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo) | This class is used to specify meta information of an input method. | | [InputMethodManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager) | Central system API to the overall input method framework (IMF) architecture, which arbitrates interaction between applications and the current input method. | | [InputMethodSubtype](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSubtype) | This class is used to specify meta information of a subtype contained in an input method editor (IME). | | [InputMethodSubtype.InputMethodSubtypeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSubtype.InputMethodSubtypeBuilder) | InputMethodSubtypeBuilder is a builder class of InputMethodSubtype. | | [InsertGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertGesture) | A sub-class of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for inserting text at the defined insertion point. | | [InsertGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertGesture.Builder) | Builder for[InsertGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertGesture). | | [InsertModeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertModeGesture) | A sub-class of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for starting an insert mode which inserts a space in the editor to let users hand write freely at the designated insertion point. | | [InsertModeGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertModeGesture.Builder) | Builder for[InsertModeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertModeGesture). | | [JoinOrSplitGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/JoinOrSplitGesture) | A subclass of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for deleting or inserting whitespace in text. | | [JoinOrSplitGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/JoinOrSplitGesture.Builder) | Builder for[JoinOrSplitGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/JoinOrSplitGesture). | | [PreviewableHandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/PreviewableHandwritingGesture) | A[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)that can be[previewed](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection#previewHandwritingGesture(android.view.inputmethod.PreviewableHandwritingGesture,%20android.os.CancellationSignal)). | | [RemoveSpaceGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/RemoveSpaceGesture) | A subclass of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for removing whitespace from text. | | [RemoveSpaceGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/RemoveSpaceGesture.Builder) | Builder for[RemoveSpaceGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/RemoveSpaceGesture). | | [SelectGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectGesture) | A sub-class of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for selecting an area of text using single rectangle. | | [SelectGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectGesture.Builder) | Builder for[SelectGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectGesture). | | [SelectRangeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectRangeGesture) | A subclass of[HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture)for selecting a range of text by defining start and end rectangles. | | [SelectRangeGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectRangeGesture.Builder) | Builder for[SelectRangeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectRangeGesture). | | [SurroundingText](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SurroundingText) | Information about the surrounding text around the cursor for use by an input method. | | [TextAppearanceInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAppearanceInfo) | Information about text appearance in an editor, passed through[CursorAnchorInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CursorAnchorInfo)for use by[InputMethodService](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService). | | [TextAppearanceInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAppearanceInfo.Builder) | Builder for[TextAppearanceInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAppearanceInfo). | | [TextAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAttribute) | The data class that IME can take extra information to applications when setting the text. | | [TextAttribute.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAttribute.Builder) | Builder for creating a[TextAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAttribute). | | [TextBoundsInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfo) | The text bounds information of a slice of text in the editor. | | [TextBoundsInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfo.Builder) | The builder class to create a[TextBoundsInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfo)object. | | [TextBoundsInfoResult](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfoResult) | The object that holds the result of the[InputConnection.requestTextBoundsInfo(RectF, Executor, Consumer)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection#requestTextBoundsInfo(android.graphics.RectF,%20java.util.concurrent.Executor,%20java.util.function.Consumer))call. | | [TextSnapshot](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextSnapshot) | An immutable data snapshot of text editing state. | - ## Interfaces - [ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/ConnectionlessHandwritingCallback) - [InputConnection](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection) - [InputMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod) - [InputMethod.SessionCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethod.SessionCallback) - [InputMethodSession](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSession) - [InputMethodSession.EventCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSession.EventCallback) - ## Classes - [BaseInputConnection](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/BaseInputConnection) - [CompletionInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CompletionInfo) - [CorrectionInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CorrectionInfo) - [CursorAnchorInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CursorAnchorInfo) - [CursorAnchorInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/CursorAnchorInfo.Builder) - [DeleteGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture) - [DeleteGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture.Builder) - [DeleteRangeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteRangeGesture) - [DeleteRangeGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteRangeGesture.Builder) - [EditorBoundsInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorBoundsInfo) - [EditorBoundsInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorBoundsInfo.Builder) - [EditorInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo) - [ExtractedText](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/ExtractedText) - [ExtractedTextRequest](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/ExtractedTextRequest) - [HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture) - [InlineSuggestion](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestion) - [InlineSuggestionInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionInfo) - [InlineSuggestionsRequest](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsRequest) - [InlineSuggestionsRequest.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsRequest.Builder) - [InlineSuggestionsResponse](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InlineSuggestionsResponse) - [InputBinding](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputBinding) - [InputConnectionWrapper](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnectionWrapper) - [InputContentInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputContentInfo) - [InputMethodInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo) - [InputMethodManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager) - [InputMethodSubtype](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSubtype) - [InputMethodSubtype.InputMethodSubtypeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodSubtype.InputMethodSubtypeBuilder) - [InsertGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertGesture) - [InsertGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertGesture.Builder) - [InsertModeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertModeGesture) - [InsertModeGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InsertModeGesture.Builder) - [JoinOrSplitGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/JoinOrSplitGesture) - [JoinOrSplitGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/JoinOrSplitGesture.Builder) - [PreviewableHandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/PreviewableHandwritingGesture) - [RemoveSpaceGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/RemoveSpaceGesture) - [RemoveSpaceGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/RemoveSpaceGesture.Builder) - [SelectGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectGesture) - [SelectGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectGesture.Builder) - [SelectRangeGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectRangeGesture) - [SelectRangeGesture.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SelectRangeGesture.Builder) - [SurroundingText](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/SurroundingText) - [TextAppearanceInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAppearanceInfo) - [TextAppearanceInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAppearanceInfo.Builder) - [TextAttribute](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAttribute) - [TextAttribute.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextAttribute.Builder) - [TextBoundsInfo](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfo) - [TextBoundsInfo.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfo.Builder) - [TextBoundsInfoResult](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextBoundsInfoResult) - [TextSnapshot](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/TextSnapshot)