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

The only way to do this is by setting the inputType of your EditText.

If you want to set this property in the onCreate() (or inside a custom View's constructor) you can use the method setRawInputType():

mEditText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL);

Otherwise, if you need to set this property after the onCreate() (or after a custom View's constructor), you can use the method setInputType():

mEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL);

Obviously you can also specify the property at XML level:

android:inputType="number|numberDecimal"

You can play around with different flags to find the best composed filter.