Android : cannot input text from keyboard

android-4.0-ice-cream-sandwich, keyboard

Solution

Add "Keyboard support" to your emulator hardware:

- On Eclipse, go to Window > AVD Manager

- Choose your emulator > Edit

- Click "New" button in "Hardware" section

- Select "Keyboard support" and change value to "Yes"

- Finally, click on "Edit AVD" button.

Then you could input text to your emulator from your keyboard.

Problem

When my android sdk update to newest version, i met the issue is : I cannot type text into Android Emulator by using computer keyboard, and I cannot use Android Emulator keyboard (the keyboard that next to the screen). If I want to input some text, I must use this : click to textfield where I want to type. It will go to screen with virtual keyboard (as a real mobile phone), and click the character I want. This annoy me because make me slower when debug an app. Please help me, how to type directly using keyboard. Thanks :)

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