EditText not scrollable inside ScrollView

Question

I have a ScrollView inside which is an EditText which is set to scroll vertically. But it does not scrolls. Instead the whole layout scrolls, Whene

Answer 1

mEdtText1.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { 
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
                mScrlMain.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
                return false;
            }
        });

// change hear mEdtText1 with your edit text object and also change mScrlMain with your scroll view object they work definitely.

Answer 2

XML code

    android:gravity="top"
    android:inputType="text|textMultiLine"
    android:lines="5"

Use below code for Kotlin

    editText.setOnTouchListener { v, event ->
        if (v.id == R.id.editText) {
            v.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
            when (event.action and MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
                MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> v.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
            }
        }
        false
    }

Answer 3

You have to just replace your <ScrollView ></ScrollView> with this Custom ScrollView like <com.example.VerticalScrollview > </com.example.VerticalScrollview >

package com.example;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.ScrollView;

public class VerticalScrollview extends ScrollView{

    public VerticalScrollview(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

     public VerticalScrollview(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
            super(context, attrs);
        }

        public VerticalScrollview(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
            super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        }

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        final int action = ev.getAction();
        switch (action)
        {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                    Log.i("VerticalScrollview", "onInterceptTouchEvent: DOWN super false" );
                    super.onTouchEvent(ev);
                    break;

            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                    return false; // redirect MotionEvents to ourself

            case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
                    Log.i("VerticalScrollview", "onInterceptTouchEvent: CANCEL super false" );
                    super.onTouchEvent(ev);
                    break;

            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                    Log.i("VerticalScrollview", "onInterceptTouchEvent: UP super false" );
                    return false;

            default: Log.i("VerticalScrollview", "onInterceptTouchEvent: " + action ); break;
        }

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        super.onTouchEvent(ev);
        Log.i("VerticalScrollview", "onTouchEvent. action: " + ev.getAction() );
         return true;
    }
}

Answer 4

EditText EtOne = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.EditText01);
EtOne.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        if (v.getId() == R.id.EditText01) {
            v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
            switch (event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
});

Answer 5

You have set "Scroll View" to your parent - this means it scrolls the whole layout.

If you want to scroll a particular "Edit text" then you have to put another Scroll view to that edit text.

Answer 6

A simple way to do so is mentioned below with some description

            myEditText.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {  //Register a callback to be invoked when a touch event is sent to this view.
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {     
//Called when a touch event is dispatched to a view. This allows listeners to get a chance to respond before the target view.
                mScrollView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
                return false;
            }
        });