TextField Handler not responding

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Below is my code for a very simple text field.

I see the word “Hello” and a textField on my Droid and when I touch the textField the keyboard shows but when I type something and touch “Go” nothing happens.

Can anyone tell me why this is not working? This is basically from examples from the Corona site.

local text = “Hello”
local t = display.newText(text, 20, 30, null, 36)
t:setTextColor(255,255,255)

local function handlerFunction( event )
local text = “event.phase = function called”
local t = display.newText(text, 20, 30, null, 36)
t:setTextColor(255,255,255)
if ( “began” == event.phase ) then
local text = “event.phase = began”
local t = display.newText(text, 20, 30, null, 36)
t:setTextColor(255,255,255)
elseif ( “ended” == event.phase ) then
local text = “event.phase = ended”
local t = display.newText(text, 20, 30, null, 36)
t:setTextColor(255,255,255)
elseif ( “submitted” == event.phase ) then
local text = “event.phase = submitted”
local t = display.newText(text, 20, 30, null, 36)
t:setTextColor(255,255,255)
end
end

topicField = native.newTextField( 50, 150, 220, 72, handlerFunction )
topicField.inputType = “default”

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#2

Android textField and textBox are not 100% implemented in beta 7. This should work in the next beta drop. [import]uid: 54 topic_id: 1647 reply_id: 4767[/import]

#3

Do you have an idea of when the next drop will be? [import]uid: 4637 topic_id: 1647 reply_id: 4784[/import]

#4

It depends on a lot of factors. We generally do them every few weeks. [import]uid: 54 topic_id: 1647 reply_id: 4785[/import]

#5

Check out Beta 8 for new Android features. https://developer.anscamobile.com/downloads/beta

-Tom [import]uid: 7559 topic_id: 1647 reply_id: 5340[/import]

#6

Thank you. It now works with beta 8. [import]uid: 4637 topic_id: 1647 reply_id: 5524[/import]