KeyEvent only works on WebView if I use a “hot swap” of the APK












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I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?



@Override
public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
}
});
}
}


https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)










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    I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?



    @Override
    public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
    if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
    mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
    KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
    mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
    }
    });
    }
    }


    https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)










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      I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?



      @Override
      public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
      if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
      mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
      KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
      mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
      }
      });
      }
      }


      https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)










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      I have a WebView in my Android app. I need to send a KeyEvent with a String payload (from a barcode scanner) to the WebView. The WebView doesn't seem to respond to this event until I make an inconsequential change to the code and do a "hot swap" in Android Studio. Why is this behavior inconsistent? How do I get this to work without any trouble?



      @Override
      public void onEvent(@NotNull final Scanner.Event event) {
      if (event.getType().equals("SCANNER_DATA")) {
      mainWebView.post(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
      KeyEvent keyEvent = new KeyEvent(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), event.getMessage(), KeyCharacterMap.VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD, 0);
      mainWebView.dispatchKeyEvent(keyEvent);
      }
      });
      }
      }


      https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html#KeyEvent(long,%20java.lang.String,%20int,%20int)







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