Description

This function can be used to hide the virtual keyboard on the device running the game. Calling this function will generate a System Asynchronous Event, in which the async_load DS map will be populated with the following key/value pairs:

• "event_type" - this will be "virtual keyboard status" when triggered by virtual keyboard functions.
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• "screen_height" - the height of the virtual keyboard (in pixels). This will be 0 if the keyboard is invisible.
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• "keyboard_status" - the current status of the keyboard, returned as one of the following strings:
  
  
  • "hiding"
  • "hidden"
  • "showing"
  • "visible"

Syntax

keyboard_virtual_hide();

Returns:

N/A

Example:

if input == true
    {
    input = false;
    keyboard_virtual_hide();
    }

The above code will hide the OS virtual keyboard if the given variable is not set to false.