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Better way to get all the text in an EditText from an InputConnection?

I've written an IME (InputMethodService) and I need to get all the text from the EditText it is editing. I know one way:

InputConnection inputConnection = getCurrentInputConnection();
inputConnection.append(inputConnection.getTextBeforeCursor(9999, 0))
.append(inputConnection.getTextAfterCursor(9999, 0));

It works, but it seems pretty stupid and clunky. However there is no such method InputConnection.getText().

Is there a better way?

P.S. I cannot access the EditText from my IME because it belongs to the parent app so please don't tell me to use EditText.getText(), unless you know a way to get the EditText!

Solution

  • Here is also another way to do it:

    inputConnection.performContextMenuAction(android.R.id.selectAll);
CharSequence sData =  inputConnection.getSelectedText(0);