Pocketed input method blog articles
we just discussed What is the life cycle of third-party input methods on the macOS platform?，Now let's talk about third-party keyboards for the iOS platform while it's hotThe life cycle。
On Apple's official website，only this：
It seems easy to understand，The life cycle of the keyboard is managed by the system，Every time the user calls out the keyboard，just it starts，User puts away the keyboard，After a while it's wiped out。
but there are[……]
A blink of an eyeR0uter Input ToolIt's already the third generation，Surprisingly, I never seem to have seriously thought about the question in the title。I have always assumed that macOS and iOS The same is to create an input method instance for each input box，And the Controller of the third-party input method，only one globally，The system is responsible for XPC calls。
Later though I found Control[……]
5 years ago，I have written aBased on Dynamic Programming sentence input methodArticles，The problem of pinyin splitting is mentioned at the end of the article，Because the drop-off input method was mainly aimed at Shuangpin，Splitting is not actually required，Just take it apart in two。(This is another reason why I admire Shuangpin，After all, there is one less technical difficulty)
Later, drop-off input method supported the full spell，And start to optimize the whole spell，Only found the original Pinyin participle，even better than Chinese[……]
Has long been，I'm rightCJandExpressThis is useful advice ...... circulated on the Internet version of the code table many fellow sufferers，But the name called "CJ"，By contrast and Wubi，Anyhow, also points a stroke 86 and 98，Then there is little new in the new century, and so on，But no Changjei，No matter what version of the CJ，Called "CJ"。
This is very embarrassing，Changjei code table is different for each person with，But not the same where，He did not know。
total[……]
Do the soft keyboard on a mobile device，So how to handle user clicks position，It is the first problem you encounter，in this problem，I have come a long way。
I touch a logical development since input method pocketed roughly classified into three stages，Now were Laijiangjiang design ideas，I hope this can help you。
Obviously，For a beginner，There's nothing better use of the control system，Full-featured[……]
This article first appeared inDigital lychee，Formerly known as "in the end" Larry "is a what? Larry input method developers listen to you say "
Just last weekend，I recommend Larry input to a new friend，He is the kind of concern in this respect has never been a man - even the "spelling" concept，Also I know after I introduced him to Larry - "So I have been called by spelling (phonetic) Input Method"。
It is this matter，Cause[……]
Finally，Pocketed X input method successfully shelves。From development to shelves，A lot has happened。
Now，I would say it，In addition to the code，Added a subscription fee app，You need to do something。
In General，Apple provides to youUnified Software Use Agreement，In your correspondence on the app "app infomation" page，There is a right side Licens[……]
Article was originally titled "If this input method no longer able to make ends meet me，I went home to sell sweet potatoes. "
People say you want to sell a good App，Gotta equipped with a moving story，Last year, in an interviewIf no one buys the next month my App，I have to GGTie the hearts of many people - accidentally said a big truth，Many people find it difficult to accept this reality。- people are moving to the，Is the angle seems a little problem hhh
I do not want to accept it[……]
1995.10.09 – 2018.06.03[……]
As early as last year，Off the grid user input methods have reported pocketed Chinese input method macOS can not type in normal mode MarkDown proper way cloud notes，After testing proved true，Embodied in the text when hit，buffer refresh will be strange delete a character before the cursor - on，no more, no less，To delete a。
Fiddle for a long time failed，Finally, I did not move all the contents out of print，Find[……]
For iOS developers，The face of app piracy，The biggest problem is not a technical break，Instead, more and more sharing of pirated Apple ID，Some people might say that piracy is equivalent to a "trial" of the，Like people will naturally go into positive ...... but in fact，Because of penny share account of piracy，Led to numerous independent developers and ultimately to the vote resume。
In short，last year，Surge author[……]
Under normal circumstances，You do not need to know the contents。
In rare cases，Your app might need to get the user presses the button information，such asThe ones released Develop a Input Method。Only then can you provide candidates to the user。
How to create an input method under macOS，I'm hereSwift uses InputMethodKit to write an input methodThis article has detailed instructions，Here skip[……]
When developing pocketed macOS version of the input method，I encountered such a problem，That is the window priority issues。Before How to make NSWindow displayed in a different Space or the Screen This article I referred to himself realizes candidate field pocketed input method，In fact, with a NSWindow
Excellent input method，We came another excellent platform!
Although it lacks many features，But I can not wait to share these good things to you，He pocketed finally embarked on the input method macOS，over the years，Enter Larry is a nightmare in macOS，Now，This nightmare can end up。
In addition to incomplete abandoned pit I do not know when it can not be used palms input method for Mac、Basically non-professionals[……]
When developing pocketed input method，I met such a thing，That is, as a candidate bar window will go beyond the screen when the edge of the screen! and so，In the display window when I do extra check the coordinates：
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if visiableCandidateCells.isEmpty { if let screenframe = NSScreen.main?.visibleFrame { if screenframe.width < location.x + size.width { location.x -= location.x + size.width - screenframe.width } } } else { if let screenframe = NSScreen.main?.visibleFrame { if screenframe.width < location.x + self.window!.frame.size.width { location.x -= location.x + self.window!.frame.size.width - screenframe.width } } } if location.y < 50 { location.y += 35 + 35 } |
In short，That is, if you count the coordinates of their width exceeds the width of the screen，Norway put it back。
but，Such[……]
All to known，Input method does not need to get off the grid. "Full access”，So according to Apple's rights，Naturally, you can not play the key tone。
but，Recent pocketed updated input method added this feature - you can even join in later versionsKey shockIt's。However, I stillNo needGet "full access"。
Then，How I do it?
iOS in the sound and vibration
In fact, the same thing[……]
All to known，On iOS since 8.0 Start version，Keyboard can be developed for iOS third-party input method，These keyboards can be sold on the AppStore，but，But also has a very strict access rules。
This，Apple's third-party keyboard design of the two permissions，A minimum of，Permissions Only the most basic functions of the keyboard、Another relatively more，Get the keyboard "Finish[……]
He says you may not believe，Pocketed input method originally I practiced hand of a project，It's calledBoats。
But in the hands to write it before，In fact, I had complained many times，They say they want to write a useful input method，Because I used Larry，The existing input method，Larry did not pay attention to how this group，The same time，Speaking on spelling，Various advertising pop red dot also put their own utility functions ah ah sentence input to these advantages buried。
until[……]
Most of the time，We need to look at many strings，To determine the specific content filtering out。For example, through the input method which pocketed，We need to use auxiliary code word to filter out candidates need。
In General，Find and Compare certainly figures to fastest，However, in the lexicon we can not put all the words are converted to digital (although theoretically feasible ......) search on the string，We realize there are many ways to，Here, I say my own ideas[……]