Request: for AccessibilityService , just as we have dispatchGesture for touch events, offer one for typing [207965083]

WAI

Feature Request

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Description

lb...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Nov 27, 2021 10:49PM

Currently we have this for dispatching touches:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService#dispatchGesture(android.accessibilityservice.GestureDescription,%20android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService.GestureResultCallback,%20android.os.Handler)

But we don't have one here for keys. For example typing a letter (example "H" or of non-English such as "ה") or any special character (such as <Enter>) .

Please offer such an API.

Comments

lb...@gmail.com <lb...@gmail.com> #2Nov 27, 2021 10:54PM

BTW, this should work globally, just as we use the keyboard .

lb...@gmail.com <lb...@gmail.com> #3Nov 27, 2021 10:55PM

If you think this exists already, in one way or another, please let me know.

ba...@google.com <ba...@google.com> #4Nov 29, 2021 06:47AM

Assigned to ba...@google.com.

We’ve shared this with our product and engineering teams and will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

jb...@gmail.com <jb...@gmail.com> Dec 1, 2021 07:35PM

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lb...@gmail.com <lb...@gmail.com> #5Dec 7, 2021 09:30PM

Here's more explanation about this request:

https://stackoverflow.com/q/70160582/878126

ba...@google.com <ba...@google.com> #6Dec 8, 2021 08:10AM

Status: Won't Fix (Intended Behavior)

We have received below response from Engineer team:
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Thank you for the suggestion. We will consider it.

lb...@gmail.com <lb...@gmail.com> #7Dec 8, 2021 01:54PM

@6 Why "won't fix", then?
:(

We have dispatching of various global touch events, and a few ones of navigation, but nothing for keyboard...