How to disable emojis from android keyboard in xamarin forms?

Question

I am working on xamarin forms. I am creating app for android. I need to disable the emojis from android keyboard from c#. How I can do this in xamarin forms?

Answer 1

Use this code to remove the Emoji in the Keyboard. <Entry Keyboard="Email" />

Or Please use this Custom Renderer to achieve this.

Create Custom Renderer for Entry

Create a class in Shared or PCL Project.

public class MyEntry:Entry
{
}

Use this Custom Code in XAML like below code

<custom:MyEntry x:Name="myEntry" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" 
                    VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"/>

Create a Class for Custom renderer in Android Project

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(MyEntry), typeof(MyEntryRenderer))]
namespace YourNameSpace
{
    public class MyEntryRenderer : EntryRenderer
    {        
        public MyEntryRenderer(Android.Content.Context context) : base(context)
        {
        }

        protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnElementChanged(e);            
                if (Control != null)
                {
                    Control.ImeOptions = Android.Views.InputMethods.ImeAction.Done;
                    Control.InputType = Android.Text.InputTypes.ClassText | Android.Text.InputTypes.TextVariationVisiblePassword| Android.Text.InputTypes.TextFlagMultiLine;
                    Control.SetTypeface(Typeface.Default, TypefaceStyle.Normal);
                }            
        }
        
    }
}

Answer 2

Create Custom Renderer for Entry

Create a class in Shared or PCL Project.

public class MyEntry:Entry
{
}

Use this Custom Code in XAML like below code

<custom:MyEntry x:Name="myEntry" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" 
                    VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"/>

Create a Class for Custom renderer in Android Project

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(MyEntry), typeof(MyEntryRenderer))]
namespace YourNameSpace
{
    public class MyEntryRenderer : EntryRenderer
    {        
        public MyEntryRenderer(Android.Content.Context context) : base(context)
        {
        }

        protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnElementChanged(e);            
                if (Control != null)
                {
                    Control.ImeOptions = Android.Views.InputMethods.ImeAction.Done;
                    Control.InputType = Android.Text.InputTypes.ClassText | Android.Text.InputTypes.TextVariationVisiblePassword| Android.Text.InputTypes.TextFlagMultiLine;
                    Control.SetTypeface(Typeface.Default, TypefaceStyle.Normal);
                }            
        }

    }
}

Answer 3

You can set the Keyboard type to text in Entry.

<Entry Keyboard="Text" />

Emoji's will be shown when the Keyboard type is

<Entry Keyboard="Chat" />

https://developer.xamarin.com/recipes/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/controls/choose-keyboard-for-entry/