[SOLVED] How to disable mobile keyboard for InputField?

[SOLVED]
I have my own simplified keyboard for mobile platforms, but on desktop I would like to let user still utilize keyboard. Now I have encountered difficulty on disabling the mobile keyboard when input field is selected.

I tried many approaches for my customized InputField such as setting the:

m_Keyboard = null;

But it does not effect as the m_Keyboard is checked on every late update and overwrite the value.

What is the best approach to disable mobile keyboard for a specific InputField? (Just to clarify I would like to disable it only for one specific InputField).

Reference:
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[Solution]:

Code (CSharp):

1.     protected override void Start()
2.     {
3.         keyboardType = (TouchScreenKeyboardType)(-1);
4.         base.Start();
5.     }

For the custom input field, thanks @friuns3 for advice!

 

How did you do that? How do I config it?

 

Think he created his own class, which inherits from InputField and added the lines you see there.

 

How do I implement this part of code?

 

This is what your input field should become. Then use this as your input field component

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.UI;
3.  
4. public class InputFieldWithoutKeyboard : InputField
5. {
6.     protected override void Start()
7.     {
8.         keyboardType = (TouchScreenKeyboardType)(-1);
9.         base.Start();
10.     }
11. }

 

I tried this and it works in the editor but fails in MixedReality UWP.

I get:
OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for a UInt32.

 

making the inputfield non-interactable fixes the loop

 

So I tried this and I got the virtual keyboard to disable... but when I use my external device (Paired Bluetooth laser scanner) nothing inputs into the InputField. It's almost like I cannot select it or keep it active. Anyone else had this specific problem? I'm on Unity 2019.2.17f1 btw.

 

Just in case somebody still needs this piece of information, I used the "hide soft keyboard" and "hide mobile Input" in control settings of the input in the inspector and it worked like a charm.