Official documentation
Create an input method
Android Developers, n.d.
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- What it is
- Google's official Android developer guide to input method editors (IMEs), the keyboards and other text input apps that run on Android. It describes how an IME is built as a service, how it is declared in the manifest, and how it sends text to the app that has focus.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Android developer documentation, maintained by Google. The page does not give a version number or date, so check the current Android version on your own phone before relying on a menu name.
Facts taken from this source
- Android's developer documentation says its input method framework lets apps provide alternative input methods, such as on-screen keyboards or speech input.
“Android provides an extensible input-method framework that lets applications provide users alternative input methods, such as on-screen keyboards or speech input.” (Introduction to the input method framework)
- Android's developer documentation says that after you install input methods, you select one in system settings and use it across the whole system, and that only one can be enabled at a time.
“After installing the IMEs, the user can select one from the system settings and use it across the entire system. Only one IME can be enabled at a time.” (Introduction to the input method framework)