How to detect if users stop typing in EditText android

Question

I have an EditText field in my layout. I want to perform an action when the user stops typing in that edittext field. I have implemented TextWatcher and use its functions

Answer 1

I used a CountDownTimer to find out if the user stopped typing after a while. I hope to help.

yourEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        CountDownTimer timer = null;

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

            if (timer != null) {
                timer.cancel();
            }

            timer = new CountDownTimer(1500, 1000) {

                public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
                }

                public void onFinish() {

                    //do what you wish

                }

            }.start();

        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

        }
    });