How to disable EditText in Android
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28-10-2019 - |
Question
How can I disable typing in an EditText
field in Android?
Solution
I think its a bug in android..It can be fixed by adding this patch :)
Check these links
question 1
and
question 2
Hope it will be useful.
OTHER TIPS
you can use EditText.setFocusable(false)
to disable editingEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true)
to enable editing;
In code:
editText.setEnabled(false);
Or, in XML:
android:editable="false"
Assuming editText
is you EditText
object:
editText.setEnabled(false);
You can try the following method :
private void disableEditText(EditText editText) {
editText.setFocusable(false);
editText.setEnabled(false);
editText.setCursorVisible(false);
editText.setKeyListener(null);
editText.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
}
Enabled EditText :
Disabled EditText :
It works for me and hope it helps you.
Just set focusable property of your edittext to "false" and you are done.
<EditText
android:id="@+id/EditTextInput"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="false"
android:gravity="right"
android:cursorVisible="true">
</EditText>
Below options doesn't work
In code:
editText.setEnabled(false);
Or, in XML:
android:editable="false"
Edittext edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit);
edittext.setEnabled(false);
The below code disables the EditText in android
editText.setEnabled(false);
edittext.setFocusable(false);
edittext.setEnabled(false);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(edittext.getWindowToken(), 0);
//removes on screen keyboard
Enable:
private void enableEditText() {
mEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
mEditText.setFocusable(true);
mEditText.setEnabled(true);
}
Disable:
private void disableEditText() {
mEditText.setEnabled(false);
mEditText.setFocusable(false);
mEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
}
To disable a edittext in android:
editText.setEnabled(false);
You can write edittext.setInputType(0)
if you want to show the edittext but not input any values
Write this in parent:
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
Example:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/menu_2_zawezanie_rl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/menu_2_horizontalScrollView"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="@drawable/rame">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/menu2_et"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/menu2_ibtn"
android:gravity="center"
android:hint="@string/filtruj" >
</EditText>
<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/menu2_ibtn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="@null"
android:src="@drawable/selector_btn" />
According to me...if you have already declared the edittext
in the XML file and set the property in the XML file "android:enabled=false"
and disable at runtime to it at that time in java file adding only 2 or 3 lines
- First create the object
- Declare EditText et1;
Get by id
et1 = (EditText) FindViewById(R.id.edittext1);
et1.setEnabled(false);
You can do enable or disable to every control at run time by java file and design time by XML file.
The XML editable
property is deprecated since API LEVEL 15.
You should use now the inputType
property with the value none
.
But there is a bug that makes this functionality useless.
Here you can follow the issue status.