so I've got the following layout with the following TextInputEditText :
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/note"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/layout_margin_default"
app:startIconDrawable="#drawable/baseline_notes_24">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
Right now, when I select to write inside the TextInputEditText the keyboard automatically displays below the TextInputEditText:
Now, what I want to is that rather displaying the keyboard below the TextInputEditText, I want the display to keyboard below the current "selected" line, which should look like this:
Example video how it should look like:
https://jumpshare.com/v/TAO6jo1jdnRZDhYyzrkY
How can this be solved in the right way?
I've tried using android:windowsoftinputmode, but I couldn't find the appropriate attribute.
I'm assuming there is not much leeway when it comes to the displaying the keyboard?
I have to create a form in my application and i used com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText. the same is worked earlier but now when type a number or text in my edittext field it is not displaying what i am typing but after remove focus from that particular text field it shows the typed text.
Same way if i delete text also it affected only when i remove focus from the edittext. i couldn't get any error when typing also the some another edittext is working fine in the same form.
When i test the same in multiple devices i got to know tha The same edittext is working fine in API 22 emulator and the problem is API 26 onwards.
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/product_stockquantity_input"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/product_stockquntity_edit_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_mode_edit_red"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
android:hint="#string/product_stock_quantity"
android:inputType="number" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0'
this is the edittext i have used. please help me to solve the issue. thanks in advance.
screen shot of my form
I have the following edit text
<EditText
android:id="#+id/txtMessage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:gravity="start"
android:inputType="text|textMultiLine"
android:minHeight="90dp"
android:singleLine="false"
android:textColor="#color/textColor" />
Every reference shows that the code is correct and in fact the text wraps to multiline. But the enter key doesn't go to the new line when i use swiftkey keyboard (Google keyboard works fine)
any idea of how to solve this issue ?
Thanks
Have you considered switching to the default keyboard. It might solve your issue.
See this answer Set EditText to be Multiline(Enter is carrige return) and not display suggestions for more details.
I am trying to make something on these lines:
I am able to show the hint using android:hint="Email Address" but unable to show the helper text - This will be your email username
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_username"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ems="15"
android:hint="Username"
app:et_helper="Username is preferably your registered email"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>`
What I am getting is only and no Username is preferably your registered email below edittext:
Output:
Any pointers appreciated. Thank you.
The best way is to use TextInputLayout. Google introduced it in new design library. In order to use the TextInputLayout you have to add the following to your build.gradle dependencies:
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
Then use it in your xml files:
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter your name"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
You can set your text by setting error true. Altough it is for showing errors but it is suitable for your use. You can change color and typeface if you want.
TextInputLayout til = (TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.textInputLayout);
til.setErrorEnabled(true);
til.setError("You need to enter a name");
With Design Support Library 28 , an inbuilt helper Text feature is added in TextInputLayout.
implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'
Now enable error using xml or programmatically
textInputLayout.isHelperTextEnabled=true
textInputLayout.error="Email can not be Empty!!!"
Also , hint and error can together be used now!!!
Example
et.setOnFocusChangeListener { v, b ->
if (b) {
textInputLayout.helperText = "yourhelperText"
} else {
textInputLayout.helperText = null
if(et.text.toString()==""){ // or any other validation
textInputLayout.error="Email can not be Empty!!!"
}
}
TextInputLayout | Android Developers
EDIT Don't forget to enable error and helperText via xml or programatically.
Full XML with TextInputLayout OutlinedBox style and TextInputEditText
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/til_customer_no"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:padding="3dp"
app:helperTextEnabled="true"
app:helperText="* Enter customer number that will be used">
<!--android:maxLength="13"-->
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/et_customer_no"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Customer No"
android:inputType="number" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
The Helper Text is not provided by TextInputLayout. However, the article below has a working example of it. It uses a class that extends from TextInputLayout by adding HelperText as another indicator to the class, working along side with the ErrorText.
https://medium.com/#elye.project/material-login-with-helper-text-232472400c15#.vm28p662v
So what you want is this:
Helper Text
You can achieve this by using this library:
https://github.com/rengwuxian/MaterialEditText
You can set the "helper text" attribute to show the text below the line and the "hint" to show the text above the line. Below is the sample layout for the attached picture
<com.rengwuxian.materialedittext.MaterialEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Password"
android:inputType="textPassword"
app:met_floatingLabel="normal"
app:met_helperText="Must contain at least 8 characters"
app:met_helperTextAlwaysShown="true"/>
I had similar question asked here.
If you want to keep two EditText views together closed vertically in LinearLayout, I think there is no way. One way, I think, is you can set the android:gravity of top EditText to 'bottom' and 'top' to the lower EditText. But in RelativeLayout, This should be easy.
TextInputLayout can be used if you want to show the hint text (on top of EdiText) even while user typing it. Usually with setting hint to EditText would not work this way. Hint text would disappear after the view is focussed by touching it.
You can simply use app:helperText attribute in TextInputLayout (with library com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1) in this way:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
...
android:hint="Email Address"
app:helperText="This will be your email username">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
... />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
or in programmatically (kotlin) way:
textInputLayout.helperText = "This will be your email username"
I'm trying to define an EditText but this warning is shown:
This text field does not specify an inputType or a hint.
The code in main.xml is:
<EditText android:id="#+id/input"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/textTest" />
How can I fix it?
You could add a hint :
android:hint="This will appear to the user if he didn't enter something yet in the EditText"
and a inputType so you could present to the user a better suited soft keyboard for the text he is suposed to enter in the EditText:
android:inputType="number"
will present a soft keyboard with only numbers and various signs.
Those are just warnings, you could ignore them but is better for the user to implement them.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="text"
>
I think You should add input type.......
This is a known issue. Sometimes it doest work with changing to:
android:inputType="text"
I got it to work by setting:
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
Hope this helps
Above all are the solutions but before that you should understand what does that warnig mean.
Hint:- Hint is the text shown to user before writing anything over.
For eg. if you are putting a edittext where you want user to add his
name then you can write
<Edittext
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter Name"/>
Input Type:- This is the xml tag that is to be used within edittext to let edittext to follow that particular restriction. if you are giving inputtype:number then user would be able to enter only numbers. There are several input type fields are there for that you can refer official developer site.