KeyEvent Constructors

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Android.Views

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Overloads

KeyEvent(KeyEvent)	Make an exact copy of an existing key event.
KeyEvent(KeyEventActions, Keycode)	Create a new key event.
KeyEvent(IntPtr, JniHandleOwnership)	A constructor used when creating managed representations of JNI objects; called by the runtime.
KeyEvent(KeyEvent, Int64, Int32)	Obsolete. Copy an existing key event, modifying its time and repeat count.
KeyEvent(Int64, String, Int32, KeyEventFlags)	Create a new key event for a string of characters.
KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32)	Create a new key event.
KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates)	Create a new key event.
KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32)	Create a new key event.
KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32, KeyEventFlags)	Create a new key event.
KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32, KeyEventFlags, InputSourceType)	Create a new key event.

KeyEvent(KeyEvent)

Make an exact copy of an existing key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(Landroid/view/KeyEvent;)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (Android.Views.KeyEvent? origEvent);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(Landroid/view/KeyEvent;)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : Android.Views.KeyEvent -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

origEvent: KeyEvent

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Make an exact copy of an existing key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(android.view.KeyEvent).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(KeyEventActions, Keycode)

Create a new key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(II)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (Android.Views.KeyEventActions action, Android.Views.Keycode code);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(II)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : Android.Views.KeyEventActions * Android.Views.Keycode -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

action: KeyEventActions

Action code: either #ACTION_DOWN, #ACTION_UP, or #ACTION_MULTIPLE.

code: Keycode

The key code.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(IntPtr, JniHandleOwnership)

A constructor used when creating managed representations of JNI objects; called by the runtime.

protected KeyEvent (IntPtr javaReference, Android.Runtime.JniHandleOwnership transfer);

new Android.Views.KeyEvent : nativeint * Android.Runtime.JniHandleOwnership -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

javaReference: IntPtr
nativeint

A IntPtrcontaining a Java Native Interface (JNI) object reference.

transfer: JniHandleOwnership

A JniHandleOwnershipindicating how to handle javaReference

Remarks

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(KeyEvent, Int64, Int32)

Caution

deprecated

Copy an existing key event, modifying its time and repeat count.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(Landroid/view/KeyEvent;JI)V", "")]
[System.Obsolete("deprecated")]
public KeyEvent (Android.Views.KeyEvent? origEvent, long eventTime, int newRepeat);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(Landroid/view/KeyEvent;JI)V", "")>]
[<System.Obsolete("deprecated")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : Android.Views.KeyEvent * int64 * int -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

origEvent: KeyEvent

The existing event to be copied.

eventTime: Int64

The new event time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) of the event.

newRepeat: Int32

The new repeat count of the event.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute ObsoleteAttribute

Remarks

Copy an existing key event, modifying its time and repeat count.

This member is deprecated. Use #changeTimeRepeat(KeyEvent, long, int) instead.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(android.view.KeyEvent, long, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(Int64, String, Int32, KeyEventFlags)

Create a new key event for a string of characters.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JLjava/lang/String;II)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (long time, string? characters, int deviceId, Android.Views.KeyEventFlags flags);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JLjava/lang/String;II)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : int64 * string * int * Android.Views.KeyEventFlags -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

time: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this event occured.

characters: String

The string of characters.

deviceId: Int32

The device ID that generated the key event.

flags: KeyEventFlags

The flags for this key event

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event for a string of characters. The key code, action, repeat count and source will automatically be set to #KEYCODE_UNKNOWN, #ACTION_MULTIPLE, 0, and InputDevice#SOURCE_KEYBOARD for you.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(long, java.lang.String, int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32)

Create a new key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIII)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (long downTime, long eventTime, Android.Views.KeyEventActions action, Android.Views.Keycode code, int repeat);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIII)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : int64 * int64 * Android.Views.KeyEventActions * Android.Views.Keycode * int -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

downTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this key code originally went down.

eventTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this event happened.

action: KeyEventActions

Action code: either #ACTION_DOWN, #ACTION_UP, or #ACTION_MULTIPLE.

code: Keycode

The key code.

repeat: Int32

A repeat count for down events (> 0 if this is after the initial down) or event count for multiple events.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(long, long, int, int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates)

Create a new key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIII)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (long downTime, long eventTime, Android.Views.KeyEventActions action, Android.Views.Keycode code, int repeat, Android.Views.MetaKeyStates metaState);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIII)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : int64 * int64 * Android.Views.KeyEventActions * Android.Views.Keycode * int * Android.Views.MetaKeyStates -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

downTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this key code originally went down.

eventTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this event happened.

action: KeyEventActions

Action code: either #ACTION_DOWN, #ACTION_UP, or #ACTION_MULTIPLE.

code: Keycode

The key code.

repeat: Int32

A repeat count for down events (> 0 if this is after the initial down) or event count for multiple events.

metaState: MetaKeyStates

Flags indicating which meta keys are currently pressed.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(long, long, int, int, int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32)

Create a new key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIIIII)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (long downTime, long eventTime, Android.Views.KeyEventActions action, Android.Views.Keycode code, int repeat, Android.Views.MetaKeyStates metaState, int deviceId, int scancode);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIIIII)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : int64 * int64 * Android.Views.KeyEventActions * Android.Views.Keycode * int * Android.Views.MetaKeyStates * int * int -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

downTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this key code originally went down.

eventTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this event happened.

action: KeyEventActions

Action code: either #ACTION_DOWN, #ACTION_UP, or #ACTION_MULTIPLE.

code: Keycode

The key code.

repeat: Int32

A repeat count for down events (> 0 if this is after the initial down) or event count for multiple events.

metaState: MetaKeyStates

Flags indicating which meta keys are currently pressed.

deviceId: Int32

The device ID that generated the key event.

scancode: Int32

Raw device scan code of the event.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(long, long, int, int, int, int, int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32, KeyEventFlags)

Create a new key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIIIIII)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (long downTime, long eventTime, Android.Views.KeyEventActions action, Android.Views.Keycode code, int repeat, Android.Views.MetaKeyStates metaState, int deviceId, int scancode, Android.Views.KeyEventFlags flags);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIIIIII)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : int64 * int64 * Android.Views.KeyEventActions * Android.Views.Keycode * int * Android.Views.MetaKeyStates * int * int * Android.Views.KeyEventFlags -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

downTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this key code originally went down.

eventTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this event happened.

action: KeyEventActions

Action code: either #ACTION_DOWN, #ACTION_UP, or #ACTION_MULTIPLE.

code: Keycode

The key code.

repeat: Int32

A repeat count for down events (> 0 if this is after the initial down) or event count for multiple events.

metaState: MetaKeyStates

Flags indicating which meta keys are currently pressed.

deviceId: Int32

The device ID that generated the key event.

scancode: Int32

Raw device scan code of the event.

flags: KeyEventFlags

The flags for this key event

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(long, long, int, int, int, int, int, int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32, KeyEventFlags, InputSourceType)

Create a new key event.

[Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIIIIIII)V", "")]
public KeyEvent (long downTime, long eventTime, Android.Views.KeyEventActions action, Android.Views.Keycode code, int repeat, Android.Views.MetaKeyStates metaState, int deviceId, int scancode, Android.Views.KeyEventFlags flags, Android.Views.InputSourceType source);

[<Android.Runtime.Register(".ctor", "(JJIIIIIIII)V", "")>]
new Android.Views.KeyEvent : int64 * int64 * Android.Views.KeyEventActions * Android.Views.Keycode * int * Android.Views.MetaKeyStates * int * int * Android.Views.KeyEventFlags * Android.Views.InputSourceType -> Android.Views.KeyEvent

Parameters

downTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this key code originally went down.

eventTime: Int64

The time (in android.os.SystemClock#uptimeMillis) at which this event happened.

action: KeyEventActions

Action code: either #ACTION_DOWN, #ACTION_UP, or #ACTION_MULTIPLE.

code: Keycode

The key code.

repeat: Int32

A repeat count for down events (> 0 if this is after the initial down) or event count for multiple events.

metaState: MetaKeyStates

Flags indicating which meta keys are currently pressed.

deviceId: Int32

The device ID that generated the key event.

scancode: Int32

Raw device scan code of the event.

flags: KeyEventFlags

The flags for this key event

source: InputSourceType

The input source such as InputDevice#SOURCE_KEYBOARD.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Create a new key event.

Java documentation for android.view.KeyEvent.KeyEvent(long, long, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

KeyEvent Constructors

Definition

Overloads

KeyEvent(KeyEvent)

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KeyEvent(KeyEventActions, Keycode)

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KeyEvent(IntPtr, JniHandleOwnership)

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KeyEvent(KeyEvent, Int64, Int32)

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KeyEvent(Int64, String, Int32, KeyEventFlags)

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KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32)

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KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates)

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KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32)

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KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32, KeyEventFlags)

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KeyEvent(Int64, Int64, KeyEventActions, Keycode, Int32, MetaKeyStates, Int32, Int32, KeyEventFlags, InputSourceType)

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