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

To keep the original input filter, you can do it this way:

InputFilter.LengthFilter maxLengthFilter = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(100);
        InputFilter[] origin = contentEt.getFilters();
        InputFilter[] newFilters;
        if (origin != null && origin.length > 0) {
            newFilters = new InputFilter[origin.length + 1];
            System.arraycopy(origin, 0, newFilters, 0, origin.length);
            newFilters[origin.length] = maxLengthFilter;
        } else {
            newFilters = new InputFilter[]{maxLengthFilter};
        }
        contentEt.setFilters(newFilters);