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Added in API level 34

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InsertGesture.Builder

Kotlin |Java

public static final class InsertGesture.Builder
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.view.inputmethod.InsertGesture.Builder

Builder for InsertGesture. This class is not designed to be thread-safe.

Summary

Public constructors
`Builder()`

Public methods
`InsertGesture`	`build()`
`InsertGesture.Builder`	`setFallbackText(String fallbackText)` Set fallback text that will be committed at current cursor position if there is no applicable text beneath the area of gesture.
`InsertGesture.Builder`	`setInsertionPoint(PointF point)` Sets the insertion point (in screen coordinates) where `setTextToInsert(String)` should be inserted.
`InsertGesture.Builder`	`setTextToInsert(String text)` Set the text that will be inserted at `setInsertionPoint(PointF)`.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

Builder

public Builder ()

Public methods

build

Added in API level 34

public InsertGesture build ()

Returns
`InsertGesture`	`InsertGesture` using parameters in this `InsertGesture.Builder`. This value cannot be `null`.

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException`	if one or more positional parameters are not specified.

setFallbackText

Added in API level 34

public InsertGesture.Builder setFallbackText (String fallbackText)

Set fallback text that will be committed at current cursor position if there is no applicable text beneath the area of gesture.

Parameters
`fallbackText`	`String`: text to set

Returns
`InsertGesture.Builder`	This value cannot be `null`.

setInsertionPoint

Added in API level 34

public InsertGesture.Builder setInsertionPoint (PointF point)

Sets the insertion point (in screen coordinates) where setTextToInsert(String) should be inserted.

Parameters
`point`	`PointF`: This value cannot be `null`.

Returns
`InsertGesture.Builder`	This value cannot be `null`.

setTextToInsert

Added in API level 34

public InsertGesture.Builder setTextToInsert (String text)

Set the text that will be inserted at setInsertionPoint(PointF). When set with an empty string, cursor will be moved to InsertGesture.getInsertionPoint() and no text would be inserted.

Parameters
`text`	`String`: This value cannot be `null`.

Returns
`InsertGesture.Builder`	This value cannot be `null`.

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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