Android - add next and prev button to softkeyboard which appears on click of an edit text in my activity

Question

I need to add the NEXT and PREV button to my soft keyboard which appears on clicking on an edit text field in my activity page. Kindly provide me with the pointers for tutorials on implementing this concept.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can do it in xml by

android:imeOptions="actionNext"

or by programatic by

yourEditText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT);

Answer 2

There is method for EditText

myEditText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT);

By using above method you can add Next Button to soft keyboard.

You can refer the link for more information For more info