Android Emulator Doesn't Take Keyboard Input - Sdk Tools Rev 20

Android emulator doesn't take keyboard input - SDK tools rev 20

Update

As of SDK rev 21 the Android Virtual Device Manager has an improved UI which resolves this issue. I have highlighted some of the more important configuration settings below:

If you notice that the soft (screen-based) main keys Back, Home, etc. are missing from your emulator you can set hw.mainKeys=no to enable them.

Original answer

Even though the developer documentation says keyboard support is enabled by default it doesn't seem to be that way in SDK rev 20. I explicitly enabled keyboard support in my emulator's config.ini file and that worked!

Add: hw.keyboard=yes

To: ~/.android/avd/<emulator-device-name>.avd/config.ini

Similarly, add hw.dPad=yes if you wish to use the arrow-keys to navigate the application list.

Reference: http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/managing-avds-cmdline.html#hardwareopts

On Mac OS and Linux you can edit all of your emulator configurations with one Terminal command:

for f in ~/.android/avd/*.avd/config.ini; do echo 'hw.keyboard=yes' >> "$f"; done

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On a related note, if your tablet emulator is missing the BACK/HOME buttons, try selecting WXGA800 as the Built-in skin in the AVD editor:

Or by manually setting the skin in config.ini:

skin.name=WXGA800
skin.path=platforms/android-16/skins/WXGA800

(example is for API 16)

Android emulator doesn't take keyboard input on custom AVD skins- SDK tools rev 20.0.1

Apparently there is a hardware.ini file in each of the skin's folder (for example NEXUS-S) that specify hw.keyboard=no. You can modify this line to enable the keyboard in the AVD that is based on the skin. There is also hw.dPad=yes if you wish to use the arrow-keys.

Why did keyboard input stop working in Android Emulator

I solved this problem by adding "Keyboard Support" to the AVD within the AVD-Manager and changing the value to "true".

Android Emulator not showing keys on keyboard

I believe your input method has changed to some which is unrecognized by android OS.
You could try explicitly setting the language on keyboard in app.

Check this one.

Emulator not displaying keyboard

Edit your AVD, add "Keyboard Support" and change the value to no.

Restart your AVD making sure that you wipe user data. Your keyboard will popup now.

Check this and this.

Android Emulator's Enable keyboard input always unchecked after Mac OS Sierra reboot

With Android Studio 3.0 stable this issue has been fixed for me.

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