Keycode for Android minimize soft keyboard button

Question

I'm using the soft keyboard for Android 3.2. The problem is I can't find the keyCode for the button on the bottom left that minimizes the keyboard.

I used a switch case for onKeyDown to display the keyCode and it seems to be the only one without a value. I figured it would have the same code as the back button since that is what it replaces but no such luck.

Answer 1

It is just the back button. You can just do this by overriding its behavior, with :

 InputMethodManager mgr = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 mgr.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);

and :

@Override
boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
//hide the soft keyboard
 super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}