MonoGame IME Helper for desktop and mobile platforms

Targeted MonoGame platforms

• MonoGame.Framework.WindowsDX
• MonoGame.Framework.DesktopGL
• MonoGame.Framework.Android
• MonoGame.Framework.iOS

Getting started

NuGet

PM> Install-Package MonoGame.IMEHelper.WindowsDX

All available packages for specific platforms:

MonoGame.IMEHelper.WindowsDX
MonoGame.IMEHelper.DesktopGL
MonoGame.IMEHelper.Android
MonoGame.IMEHelper.iOS
MonoGame.IMEHelper.Common

Initialize a IMEHandler instance in your game Initialize method

protected override void Initialize()
{
   imeHandler = new WinFormsIMEHandle(this);
   imeHandler.TextInput += (s, e) => { ... };
}

If your want to render Composition String

   imeHandler = new WinFormsIMEHandler(this);
   imeHandler.TextInput += (s, e) => { ... };
   imeHandler.TextComposition += (s, e) => { ... };

Note that TextComposition event only works on WindowsDX platform due to limitation of the underlying platform

MonoGame.IMEHelper.Common package

If you has used a shared netstandard project to share game code. You can reference the MonoGame.IMEHelper.Common package. It's just includes API interfaces and no implementation. Then you add the platform specific package to include the platform IME implementation.

Start Text Composition

imeHandler.StartTextComposition();

Stop Text Composition

imeHandler.StopTextComposition();

Get VirtualKeyboardHeight (only for mobile platforms)

imeHandler.VirtualKeyboardHeight

Android Extra Setup

You have to change your Activity's base class to AndroidGameActivityIME, like the following:

public class Activity1 : AndroidGameActivityIME
{
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {
        base.OnCreate(bundle);
        var g = new Game1();
        SetContentView((View)g.Services.GetService(typeof(View)));
        g.Run();
    }
}

License

MonoGame.IMEHelper is released under the The MIT License (MIT).