Check if EditText is empty kotlin android

Question

How do you check if an EditText is empty? input type number

package com.example.www.myappl         


        

Answer 1

Here is the full example with explanation.

    //init the edittext
    val etMessage = findViewById(R.id.et_message) as EditText
    //init the button
    val btnClick = findViewById(R.id.btn_click) as Button

    btnClick.setOnClickListener{
        //read value from EditText to a String variable
        val msg: String = etMessage.text.toString()

        //check if the EditText have values or not
        if(msg.trim().length>0) {
            Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Message : "+msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        }else{
            Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Please enter some message! ", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        }
    }