Android Emulator Keyboard Shortcuts

Android Emulator Keyboard Shortcuts

The table below shows android emulator device key and keyboard shortcut key

Android Device Key	Keyboard Shortcut Key
Home	HOME
Menu (left softkey)	F2 or Page-up button
Star (right softkey)	Shift-F2 or Page Down
Back	ESC
Call/dial button	F3
Hangup/end call button	F4
Search	F5
Power button	F7
Audio volume up button	KEYPAD_PLUS, Ctrl-5
Audio volume down button	KEYPAD_MINUS, Ctrl-F6
Camera button	Ctrl-KEYPAD_5, Ctrl-F3
Switch to previous layout orientation (for example, portrait, landscape)	KEYPAD_7, Ctrl-F11
Switch to next layout orientation (for example, portrait, landscape)	KEYPAD_9, Ctrl-F12
Toggle cell networking on/off	F8
Toggle code profiling	F9 (only with -trace startup option)
Toggle fullscreen mode	Alt-Enter
Toggle trackball mode	F6
Enter trackball mode temporarily (while key is pressed)	Delete
DPad left/up/right/down	KEYPAD_4/8/6/2
DPad center click	KEYPAD_5
Onion alpha increase/decrease	KEYPAD_MULTIPLY(*) / KEYPAD_DIVIDE(/)

when using keypad key just disable your NumLock and then used it.

Android EditorInfo Go, Search, Done, Next Example

There is always necessity to add extra keys apart from default keys available in virtualQWERTY keyboard. For instance we may need a direct search key by the side of edit text boxin order to have direct triggering of Search actions.
For Instance to add a Search key we need to add this code, so that It may appear in the QWERTY board.

EditTextSample.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH);

Android Hide Virtual Keyboard through code :
In most situation we are in need to force close the keyboard by pressing the back button. But this can also be done using the following code.

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEditTextName.getWindowToken(), 0);