From e156f18dbd2d4ece6a01a396b8bced1e3c2509f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shai Almog <67850168+shai-almog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 04:13:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to block the VKB through code

This can be accomplished by defining the property:

Display.getInstance().setProperty("showVkb", "false");

This will block the VKB from showing. It can be se to null to disable this explicit behavior when no longer needed.

Fixed #3774
---
 .../src/com/codename1/impl/android/InPlaceEditView.java        | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/InPlaceEditView.java b/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/InPlaceEditView.java
index c483f4bc6c..43f999736c 100644
--- a/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/InPlaceEditView.java
+++ b/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/InPlaceEditView.java
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ public void run() {
      * @param show Show the keyboard if true, hide it otherwise
      */
     private void showVirtualKeyboard(boolean show) {
+        show = Boolean.parseBoolean(Display.getInstance().getProperty("showVkb", "" + show));
         Log.i(TAG, "showVirtualKeyboard show=" + show);
-
+        
         boolean result = false;
         if (show) {
             // If we're in landscape, Android will not show the soft