Do preference Activities run in the same process as the Input Method Editor?

Question

In android, does the Input Method Editor's preference Activity run in the same process as the IME?

Answer 1

Yes IME preferences run in same process as IME. Settings application just provides a common place where the settings for all the inputMethod can be shown. It queries information about the currently installed IME from InputMethodManager and send an intent to it when user clicks on IME settings button.

The Logic is as follows:

InputMethodManager mImm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

List mImis = mImm.getInputMethodList();

String settingsActivity = mImis.get(index).getSettingsActivity();

intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

intent.setClassName(imi.getPackageName(), settingsActivity);

startActivity(intent);

The settingsActivity is specified in the AndroidManifest.xml file of the IME.