page.title=Validate Keymaps Tool
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<p>The Android framework has a small tool called <code>validatekeymaps</code> to validate the
syntax of input device configuration files, key layout files, key character
maps files and virtual key definition files.</p>
<h2 id="compilation">Compilation</h2>
<p>To compile <code>validatekeymaps</code>, set up the development environment, download
the Android source tree, compile it, then run:</p>
<pre><code>$ mmm frameworks/base/tools/validatekeymaps
</code></pre>
<p>This command should compile a host tool called validatekeymaps into the
<code>out/host/&lt;os&gt;/bin</code> directory.</p>
<h2 id="usage">Usage</h2>
<p>If you ran <code>envsetup.sh</code> to set up your development environment, then the
<code>validatekeymaps</code> tool should already be on your path.  You can verify
this by running <code>validatekeymaps</code>.</p>
<pre><code>$ validatekeymaps

Keymap Validation Tool

Usage:
 validatekeymaps [*.kl] [*.kcm] [*.idc] [virtualkeys.*] [...]
   Validates the specified key layouts, key character maps, 
   input device configurations, or virtual key definitions.
</code></pre>
<p>Then all you need to do is run <code>validatekeymaps</code> an give it the path of
one or more files to validate.</p>
<pre><code>$ validatekeymaps frameworks/base/data/keyboards/Generic.kl

Validating file 'frameworks/base/data/keyboards/Generic.kl'...
No errors.

Success.
</code></pre>
<p>And if there is an error...</p>
<pre><code>$ validatekeymaps Bad.kl

Validating file 'Bad.kl'...
E/KeyLayoutMap(87688): Bad.kl:24: Expected keyword, got 'ke'.
Error -22 parsing key layout file.

Failed!
</code></pre>
<h2 id="automation">Automation</h2>
<p>It is a <em>very</em> good idea to run <code>validatekeymaps</code> on all configuration files
before installing them on a device.</p>
<p>The process can easily be automated as part of the build system by using a
script or a makefile.</p>
<p>The following sample makefile is based on the contents of
<code>frameworks/base/data/keyboards/Android.mk</code>.</p>
<pre><code># This makefile performs build time validation of framework keymap files.

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

# Validate all key maps.
include $(CLEAR_VARS)

validatekeymaps := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/validatekeymaps$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
files := MyKeyboard.kl MyKeyboard.kcm MyTouchScreen.idc

LOCAL_MODULE := validate_framework_keymaps
LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := validatekeymaps

validate_framework_keymaps: $(files)
    $(hide) $(validatekeymaps) $(files)

include $(BUILD_PHONY_PACKAGE)
</code></pre>