Phonegap: keypress event not fired on Android

Question

I am working on converting a web app to Android app using Phonegap. keypress event is not firing when I press a key on keyboard. I noticed that keydown event is fired instead of keypress but with keyCode and charCode always 0. Please help.

My code is:

    if (document.addEventListener){
        console.log("****** document.addEventListener ******");
        document.addEventListener("keydown",UI.keydown,false);
        document.addEventListener("keypress",UI.keypress,false);
    }
    else if (document.attachEvent)
    {
        console.log("****** document.attachEvent ******");
        document.attachEvent("onkeydown", UI.keydown);
        document.attachEvent("onkeypress", UI.keypress);
    }
    else
    {
        console.log("****** document.onkeypress ******");
        document.onkeydown= UI.keydown;
        document.onkeypress= UI.keypress;
    }

Possible duplicate of [Capture keys typed on android virtual keyboard using javascript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30743490/capture-keys-typed-on-android-virtual-keyboard-using-javascript) — reyiyo, Oct 10 '17 at 18:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 16 '14 at 19:41

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I have always used keyup for this. Here is an example:

document.addEventListener('keyup', getInput, false);

function getInput(e){
    keyData = String.fromCharCode(e.which);
}

answered Sep 16 '14 at 19:41

Dawson Loudon

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Thanks Dawson, keyup is fired but still I am getting 0 in keyCode, charCode, and which – HaiderSahib Sep 17 '14 at 13:55

Phonegap: keypress event not fired on Android

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