EditText without format

Question

I am trying copy a password from Chrome Browser (in Android) into a EditText but it always copy the format, including two space at the end.

In XML file.

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/signin_etPassword"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
    android:padding="8dp"/>

My password is

RLqGQQa3

but when I call to getText() it return:

 RLqGQQa3  

with a space at start, and two at end.

These occur only when I copy the password from browser

Answer 1

Try this..

trim()

To Remove white space characters from the beginning and end of the string.

getText().toString().trim();

Answer 2

In your class, do this:

String  signin_etPassword = EditTextinput.getText().toString();

signin_etPassword= signin_etPassword.trim();

This will remove only the spaces at the beginning or end of the String. Middle of the password will remain.

Answer 3

Your question is how to paste without format.

This will remove formatting every time you change text, even on paste.

final EditText et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEditText);
et.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        }

        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            CharacterStyle[] toBeRemovedSpans =
                    s.getSpans(0, s.length(), MetricAffectingSpan.class);

            for (int i = 0; i < toBeRemovedSpans.length; i++)
                s.removeSpan(toBeRemovedSpans[i]);

        }

    });

Adapted from this answer: Paste without rich text formatting into EditText