Android EditText Vertical Scrolling Problem

Question

I\'m using an EditText of some predefined size, however when a user enters more text then fits in the text box, they aren\'t able to scroll the text with touch. Scrolling do

Answer 1

A simple way to do scroll-able text in edittext if parent is NestedScrollView or ScrollView

XML code

android:gravity="top"
android:inputType="text|textMultiLine"
android:lines="5"

Use below code for Kotlin

    editText.setOnTouchListener { v, event ->
        if (v.id == R.id.editText) {
            v.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
            when (event.action and MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
                MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> v.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
            }
        }
        false
    }