publicclass MYClass extends Activity  {
 

 private EditText text;
     String x;
 @Override
 protectedvoid onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.layout);
 
         text = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEditText);
 
 
 text.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
 
 publicboolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                 x = text.getText().toString ();
 returnfalse;
             }
         });
 
     }