How do I format a string into EditText in Android with “AAA-AAA-AAA” format
android,android-edittext,android-input-filter
I have found the solution using a TextWatcher. I'm using android:inputType="textCapCharacters|textNoSuggestions" for the EditText input type in order to receive only uppercase letters. txtCode = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtCode); txtCode.addTextChangedListener( new TextWatcher() { boolean isEdiging; @Override public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { } @Override public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence...
Android: Handle backspace on InputFilter
android,android-edittext,double,android-input-filter
I solved my problem. Here is the solution in case someone else needs it: public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) { if (isValid(dest.toString() + source.toString())) { //input is valid return null; }else{ //The input is not valid if (source.equals("") && dest.toString().length() !=...
Android EditText Symbol must remain at initial position
java,android,android-edittext,android-input-filter
First, in your code sample, the reason you are getting an error is because, as others have said, you are calling the setText method inside the afterTextChanged method. Calling setText is obviously changing the text which causes afterTextChanged to be called again. This results in the afterTextChanged being called continuously...
How to filter the input of EditText?
android,android-edittext,textwatcher,android-input-filter
Add InputFilter to your EditText & provide a Toast for user . This code snippet will help you. InputFilter filter = new InputFilter() { public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) { for (int i = start; i < end; i++) { if...
How can I take inputs in multiple languages in android
By default TEXT fields in Android's sqlite3 are stored as UTF-8. I understand Hindi is encoded with UTF-8 and so is English so saving the text in one or other language shouldn´t be a problem. Regarding the translation, see this question in SO where there is a discussion about different...