Disable EditText editability and focus (like TextView)

Question

Is there a way to make EditText behaviors like TextView in Android (XML is prefered)? I have tried the following:

 android:editable         


        

Answer 1

EditText and TextView are quite similar. The only difference I see hard-coded into EditText.java is to set the editable default to true, which you've set manually. Other than that, the EditText style is:

and TextView is:

My guess is that @android:drawable/edit_text is the source of the orange box. Indeed, it contains:

The simplest way might be to set its background to the default one:

android:background="@android:drawable/textfield_default"