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-rw-r--r--core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
index f97e3dd..54b87de 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
@@ -1876,9 +1876,13 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
}
/**
- * Returns true if the current IME needs to offer the users a way to switch to a next input
- * method. When the user triggers it, the IME has to call {@link #switchToNextInputMethod} to
- * switch to a next input method which is selected by the system.
+ * Returns true if the current IME needs to offer the users ways to switch to a next input
+ * method (e.g. a globe key.).
+ * When an IME sets supportsSwitchingToNextInputMethod and this method returns true,
+ * the IME has to offer ways to to invoke {@link #switchToNextInputMethod} accordingly.
+ * <p> Note that the system determines the most appropriate next input method
+ * and subtype in order to provide the consistent user experience in switching
+ * between IMEs and subtypes.
* @param imeToken Supplies the identifying token given to an input method when it was started,
* which allows it to perform this operation on itself.
*/