How to databind to onTextChanged for an EditText on Android?

Question

In Yigit Boyar and George Mount\'s talk on Android Databinding they illustrate how easy it is to bind to TextWatcher\'s onTextChanged (at 13:41). O

Answer 1

Attach an setOnFocusChangeListener to the EditText, and use compare the textual content with a global variable (of the previous state/content of the field) to determine whether it has changed:

    mEditTextTitle.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            if(!hasFocus)
                // check if text has changed       
        }
    });