android soft keyboard modifications

Is there a way to programmatically remove certain keys from the standard software keyboard. By setting some of the input type flags I am so close to having the keyboard I need. From the calling application is there a way to modify the keyboard directl开发者_Python百科y. I know how to make my own custom keyboard but it seems such a waste to remove one button from the standard one.

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I think I found a way around this if any one has tried this method please let me know if it worked for you.

I have going to grab the softKeyboard service and using the start hook the keyboard uses to grab its view object inflate my own and swap them.

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From my research there is no way to implement your own custom keyboard from within a single application. If you want to have a custom keyboard you need to create one from scratch and can not use the IME

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soft keyboard comes for edit text. you can modify the softkeyboard for that edit text. For that you need to set inputType and imeOption property of that edit text.