How do I prevent an EditText from resizing itself when the user is typing?

Question

I have an EditText and a Button set next to each other on the same horizontal line. It looks great, except when the user enters a lot of text, the

Answer 1

What I do is in the onCreate for the activity, measure the EditText first then apply its maxWidth.

You can do so using code similar to the following:

EditText someedittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.sometextview);
someedittext.setMaxWidth(someedittext.getWidth());