I want to define a min and max value for an EditText
.
For example: if any person tries to enter a month value in it, the value must be between 1-12.
@Override
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
try {
String prefix = dest.toString().substring(0, dstart);
String insert = source.toString();
String suffix = dest.toString().substring(dend);
String input_string = prefix + insert + suffix;
int input = Integer.parseInt(input_string);
if (isInRange(min, max, input) || input_string.length() < String.valueOf(min).length())
return null;
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) { }
return "";
}
private boolean isInRange(int a, int b, int c) {
return b > a ? c >= a && c <= b : c >= b && c <= a;
}