Multi line Edit Text and first letter capitalization of Edit Text

Question

Hello I am trying to make EditText to multi line and first letter should be type as in capital which I am doing using android:inputType="textCapSentences" but after setting to input type to textCapSentences it set first letter in capital but EditText is single line only. Can you please help me to make EditText to multiline plus first letter should be type in capital

Here it is current EditText

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/commentsEditText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/view_vertical_margin"
    android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
    android:inputType="textCapSentences"
    android:gravity="top"
    android:hint="@string/comments"
    android:lines="5" />

Answer 1

Have you try below code :-

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/commentsEditText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
    android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
    android:gravity="top"
    android:hint="@string/comments"
    android:lines="5" />

Answer 2

Try to set EditText input type as below :

android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine"

Answer 3

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/commentsEditText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/view_vertical_margin"
        android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
        android:inputType="textCapSentences"
        android:gravity="top"
        android:hint="@string/comments"
        android:lines="5"
        android:singleLine="false" />

Answer 4

use edittext.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);

and in xml android:inputType="textMultiLine"