EditText maxLength property not applied properly when setFilters is used

Question

When I use setFilter method on an EditText to handle special characters, maxLength property is not working as expected. My code is be

Answer 1

Try this code. Based on @Jozua answer

    /**
 * Adds filter to EditText preserving other filters.
 * 
 * @param editText
 * @param filter
 */
public static void setFilter(EditText editText, InputFilter filter) {
InputFilter curFilters[] = editText.getFilters();

if (curFilters != null) {
    InputFilter newFilters[] = new InputFilter[curFilters.length + 1];
    System.arraycopy(curFilters, 0, newFilters, 0, curFilters.length);
    newFilters[curFilters.length] = filter;
    editText.setFilters(newFilters);
} else {
    editText.setFilters(new InputFilter[] { filter });
}
}