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Users interact with Android devices in many ways, including using keyboards, trackballs, touch-screen gestures, and even voice. Different devices support different input methods and have different hardware. For example, certain devices have hardware keyboards, and others rely only on software keyboards. In this chapter, you learn about the different input methods available to developers and how you can use them to great effect within your applications.