Can I programmatically disable/enable the physical keyboard?

How do I programmatically disable/enable the physical keyboard in Android?

• I have an application that I'm developing that uses a USB HID device connected to a Motorola Xoom for some input. However, the majority of the time I still want to use the on-screen keyboard. Is there a way to disable/enable the use of hardware keyboard in Android 3.0+? I'd like the application to behave like it would, had there not been a keyboard connected.

• Answer:

  well one solution you can think of is .. @Override public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { return true; } @Override public boolean onKeyLongPress(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { return true; } @Override public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) { return true; } this will avoid any actions during keyboard key press. but there is no way you can disable android keyboard since it will use some native methods.