How to programmatically set maxLength in Android TextView?

Question

I would like to programmatically set maxLength property of TextView as I don\'t want to hard code it in the layout. I can\'t see any set

Answer 1

As João Carlos said, in Kotlin use:

editText.filters += InputFilter.LengthFilter(10)

See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/58372842/2914140 about some devices strange behaviour.

(Add android:inputType="textNoSuggestions" to your EditText.)