Android EditText Gmail like to field

Question

I\'m working at an app, and I\'m trying to make a gmail like \"To\" field, which has blocks inside which cannot be edited once added, but just removed entirely (like in the

Answer 1

This technique -- referred to as "chips" -- is discussed by Roman Nurik in a Google+ post. He, in turn, points to Macarse's answer here on StackOverflow. They, in turn, point to the implementation of this UI that you see in the stock messaging client.