Enter key on Android Keyboard

[Michel de Boer]

I have a QML TextInput field in my Android app where the user can type a search query. The Android virtual keyboard shows nicely and I can enter text.

However then Enter key on the keyboard shows "Next".

How can I change this to a search icon?

Also when I press the Enter key it does not seem to generate any event.

How can I get the event of the using pressing the Enter key on Android?

I have seen this question several times and it seems it is not possible in Qt/QML. I really hope this is not true, otherwise Qt/QML is not very suitable to develop an Android app.

[Yunag]

To anyone who is also stuck on this problem. Here is the proper solution: EnterKey.

TextField {
     ...
     EnterKey.type: Qt.EnterKeySearch
     ...
} 

[Michel de Boer]

Cool. Is that new in Qt6.8?
So that will change the button to a search button. How will I get the event from the button press?
In Qt6.6.3 I tried using Keys.onReleased and then check for the Qt.Key_Return event. That does work on Linux, but not on Android.