How to Get EditText maxLength setting in code

Question

I would like to see the maxLength of an EditText at run time to be able to make a text display decision.
Is that possible?

Here is a de

Answer 1

Kind of complicated, but I don't know of any other approach. I hope it works (not tested):

XmlResourceParser parser = getResources().getLayout(R.layout.theLayout);
String namespace = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
int maxLength = parser.getAttributeIntValue(namespace, "maxLength", 12);