key listener is not working for layout

Question

i want to add onkeylistener to my linear layout but its not working, here is my code. thanks in advance.

 innerlayout.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {

                @Override
                public boolean onKey(View v, int arg1, KeyEvent e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    if(e.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN){

                        Toast.makeText(HomeScreen.this, "down key is working", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        innerlayout.setFocusable(true);
                    }
                    return true;
                }
            });

}

Answer 1

As touch events are passed from child to parent. if any child consumes the event (returns true), then it stops; it is not passed to the parent. Are you sure its not consumed elsewhere? Check this, true for one action, false for the rest and super call:

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
        if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
        //Toast here
            return true;
        }
        **return false;**
    }  

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OnKeyListener or OnKeydown not work if children views take the focus
onKeyDown not being called on key press on View
Is this your case? what is the hierarchy of layouts