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EditText

public class EditText
extends TextView

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.View
     ↳ android.widget.TextView
       ↳ android.widget.EditText


A user interface element for entering and modifying text. When you define an edit text widget, you must specify the R.styleable.TextView_inputType attribute. For example, for plain text input set inputType to "text":

 <EditText
     android:id="@+id/plain_text_input"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:inputType="text"/>
Choosing the input type configures the keyboard type that is shown, acceptable characters, and appearance of the edit text. For example, if you want to accept a secret number, like a unique pin or serial number, you can set inputType to "numericPassword". An inputType of "numericPassword" results in an edit text that accepts numbers only, shows a numeric keyboard when focused, and masks the text that is entered for privacy.

See the Text Fields guide for examples of other R.styleable.TextView_inputType settings.

You also can receive callbacks as a user changes text by adding a TextWatcher to the edit text. This is useful when you want to add auto-save functionality as changes are made, or validate the format of user input, for example. You add a text watcher using the TextView#addTextChangedListener method.

This widget does not support auto-sizing text.

XML attributes

See EditText Attributes, TextView Attributes, View Attributes

Summary

Inherited XML attributes

Inherited constants

Inherited fields

Public constructors

EditText(Context context)
EditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
EditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr)
EditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes)

Public methods

void extendSelection(int index)

Convenience for Selection#extendSelection.

CharSequence getAccessibilityClassName()

Return the class name of this object to be used for accessibility purposes.

boolean getFreezesText()

Return whether this text view is including its entire text contents in frozen icicles.

Editable getText()

Return the text that TextView is displaying.

void selectAll()

Convenience for Selection#selectAll.

void setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsis)

Causes words in the text that are longer than the view's width to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle.

void setSelection(int start, int stop)

Convenience for Selection#setSelection(Spannable, int, int).

void setSelection(int index)

Convenience for Selection#setSelection(Spannable, int).

void setText(CharSequence text, TextView.BufferType type)

Sets the text to be displayed and the TextView.BufferType.

Protected methods

boolean getDefaultEditable()

Subclasses override this to specify that they have a KeyListener by default even if not specifically called for in the XML options.

MovementMethod getDefaultMovementMethod()

Subclasses override this to specify a default movement method.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

EditText

public EditText (Context context)

Parameters
context Context

EditText

public EditText (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

EditText

public EditText (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

EditText

public EditText (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr, 
                int defStyleRes)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

defStyleRes int

Public methods

extendSelection

public void extendSelection (int index)

Convenience for Selection#extendSelection.

Parameters
index int

getAccessibilityClassName

public CharSequence getAccessibilityClassName ()

Return the class name of this object to be used for accessibility purposes. Subclasses should only override this if they are implementing something that should be seen as a completely new class of view when used by accessibility, unrelated to the class it is deriving from. This is used to fill in AccessibilityNodeInfo.setClassName.

Returns
CharSequence

getFreezesText

public boolean getFreezesText ()

Return whether this text view is including its entire text contents in frozen icicles. For EditText it always returns true.

Returns
boolean Returns true if text is included, false if it isn't.

getText

public Editable getText ()

Return the text that TextView is displaying. If setText(java.lang.CharSequence) was called with an argument of BufferType.SPANNABLE or BufferType.EDITABLE, you can cast the return value from this method to Spannable or Editable, respectively.

The content of the return value should not be modified. If you want a modifiable one, you should make your own copy first.

Returns
Editable The text displayed by the text view.

selectAll

public void selectAll ()

Convenience for Selection#selectAll.

setEllipsize

public void setEllipsize (TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsis)

Causes words in the text that are longer than the view's width to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle. TextUtils.TruncateAt#MARQUEE is not supported.

Parameters
ellipsis TextUtils.TruncateAt: Type of ellipsis to be applied.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException When the value of ellipsis parameter is TextUtils.TruncateAt#MARQUEE.

See also:

setSelection

public void setSelection (int start, 
                int stop)

Convenience for Selection#setSelection(Spannable, int, int).

Parameters
start int

stop int

setSelection

public void setSelection (int index)

Convenience for Selection#setSelection(Spannable, int).

Parameters
index int

setText

public void setText (CharSequence text, 
                TextView.BufferType type)

Sets the text to be displayed and the TextView.BufferType.

When required, TextView will use Spannable.Factory to create final or intermediate Spannables. Likewise it will use Editable.Factory to create final or intermediate Editables. Subclasses overriding this method should ensure that the following post condition holds, in order to guarantee the safety of the view's measurement and layout operations: regardless of the input, after calling #setText both mText and mTransformed will be different from null.

Parameters
text CharSequence: text to be displayed

type TextView.BufferType: a TextView.BufferType which defines whether the text is stored as a static text, styleable/spannable text, or editable text

Protected methods

getDefaultEditable

protected boolean getDefaultEditable ()

Subclasses override this to specify that they have a KeyListener by default even if not specifically called for in the XML options.

Returns
boolean

getDefaultMovementMethod

protected MovementMethod getDefaultMovementMethod ()

Subclasses override this to specify a default movement method.

Returns
MovementMethod