View.DispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Android.Views

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Dispatch a key event to the next view on the focus path.

[Android.Runtime.Register("dispatchKeyEvent", "(Landroid/view/KeyEvent;)Z", "GetDispatchKeyEvent_Landroid_view_KeyEvent_Handler")]
public virtual bool DispatchKeyEvent (Android.Views.KeyEvent? e);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("dispatchKeyEvent", "(Landroid/view/KeyEvent;)Z", "GetDispatchKeyEvent_Landroid_view_KeyEvent_Handler")>]
abstract member DispatchKeyEvent : Android.Views.KeyEvent -> bool
override this.DispatchKeyEvent : Android.Views.KeyEvent -> bool

Parameters

e: KeyEvent

The key event to be dispatched.

Returns

Boolean

True if the event was handled, false otherwise.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Dispatch a key event to the next view on the focus path. This path runs from the top of the view tree down to the currently focused view. If this view has focus, it will dispatch to itself. Otherwise it will dispatch the next node down the focus path. This method also fires any key listeners.

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

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Applies to