How to show Android keyboard with symbols mode by default?

Question

I have a EditText component, and, of course, if you click on it, the Android keypad is shown, allowing the user to input text. As far as I know, all Android sof

Answer 1

I agree it is an InputType. If you want to show only numbers to your user then you would add the following to you xml document for your edit text:

        android:inputType="number"

However if you set it as number then the user has to enter a number. But you can add additional types as well like numbers and email addresses such as:

        android:inputType="number|textEmailAddress"

Check out http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/InputType.html for more options. You can also check out what eclipse or android studio shows you under "inputType"