android-edittext

I am new in android development, stuck to change the language of the whole android application. i found a way to set the strings into strings-languagecode in values directory and android:supportsRtl="true" in manifest file, it is good for changing the value of the text fields and their direction LTR and RTL automatically but I am getting the problem in EditText field because it's direction needs to be changed and set by the Java code for every xml file. Is there any way to set the direction of the EditText automatically in whole application with minimum effort? Please note I have minimum api

I use TextInputLayout to get password from user like this: <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout android:id="@+id/RegisterPassInput" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="16dp" app:passwordToggleEnabled="true" android:layout_marginRight="16dp" android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/RegisterPassImg"> <EditText android:id="@+id/RegisterPassET" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="right" android:hint="@string/Password" android:inputType="textPassword" android:maxLength="40" /> <

How can I get the coordinates of the cursor in the EditText ? I am not trying to get the cursor position here but the EditText coordinates of the cursor. In my case, when I send a number via KeyEvent to the EditText, the cursor position (getSelectionStart) is changed, but its location is always at the right of the EditText. I want to know the coordinates of the cursor (the right of the EditText). It's a little bit late answer :), but from API level 21 (Lollipop) there is a way to do it: Override onUpdateCursorAnchorInfo(CursorAnchorInfo cursorAnchorInfo) in your InputMethodService and call

I want to display text at the end of EditText as shown in the image above for URLName.How could I acheive this ?The text cannot be edited.I am using this editText inside TextInputLayout from the design library. thanks in advance PPartisan Create a LinearLayout . An example of a row inside this layout would be a title (i.e. URL name) or a text entry field. Set the background of the LinearLayout for the current row to a custom drawable to create a thin red line. Follow the answers on this post for ideas. For the URL entry field mentioned in your question, create a TextView and an EditText inside

I have defined TextInputLayout programmatically in my Activity. I have added EditText inside that TextInputLayout, that to programmatically. Now, I have to set the color of hint of that edittext. Here I just have to change the color of single alphabet of the hint. Example - Hint is like, Firstname *. Here i want to change the color of "*" to Red and remaining hint as black in color. I have already tried Html and Spannable String, but both are not working for TextInputLayout. For Spannable i did SpannableString redSpannable = new SpannableString(red); redSpannable.setSpan(new

I am trying to create a paragraph of text using TextView and need to insert EditText in between text like fill in the blanks. Is it possible to build custom view like that ? As I am new in this forum I could post any image. It should look somewhat like below: World is a common name for the whole of human [EDIT TEXT] , specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.[2] In a [EDIT TEXT] context it may refer to: (1) the whole of the physical Universe, or (2) an ontological world (see world disclosure). In a [EDIT TEXT] context, world

I want to react to the user typing inside an EditText so I used the addTextChangedListener method. When the user types a single character the code of onTextChanged is running and everything ok. So if for example the user types "a" then onTextChanged will begin to run . But if the user types another character, for example b , onTextChanged is not being called. (the text in the EditText should be "ab" now) The code: et = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edittextsearch); et.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() { public void afterTextChanged(Editable s){} public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence