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Android EditText Multiline does not work as it should

I'm pretty desperate about this feature.
I tried pretty much everything there is to find to made these EditTexts multiline enabled,
but they just keep going on a single line scrolling the entire EditText with it.
How hard can it be to stop at the end of the border of the EditText and move to the next line?
I have this activity with an EditText and 2 buttons. One of these buttons adds a predetermined line of text to the EditText. The other puts the EditText's text into some form of object that I use later in the app.
However I can't get this multiline feature to work.. I've tried limiting the size. Setting the multiline flag. Disabling singleline. Giving lines, and minLines a random number (10).
Disabling horizontalscroll on the EditText. But nothing works....
Can anyone tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong? And how I can fix this horrid abomination of an EditText.
This is how my nightmare looks like now.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/callofedittext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:width="300dp"
android:minLines="10"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:textColor="#color/textWhite"
android:background="#color/textBlack"
android:paddingLeft="3dp"
android:singleLine="false"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
>
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
It haunts my dreams...
EDIT: > Light at the end of the tunnel.
While I was focussing on the xml.. A new clean project pointed out to me that EditText textMessage = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.callofedittext); textMessage.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES); is causing all of my problems. Not specifically the properties inside the xml.

From this comment, the inputType was set in the code as well with:
textMessage.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE |
InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);
This is actually not correct, because TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE and TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES are only flags, and do not contain the actual input type. In order for them to work, they must be layered as flags on top of InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT. Without this type class flag, the edit text does not have a base input type class to apply your flags to, and defaults to no specified input type.
So, the correct way to set the input type with both of these flags is:
textMessage.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT |
InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE |
InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);
For official details on how these flags work, see the Android Developer Docs on InputType and TextView - android:inputType
I'm not sure why the design decision is this. Personally, I think they should have hidden how they are representing their flags (as ints/bit flags), and instead had enums and/or subclasses of InputType for their public interface.

hey you have to add the following code in xml file ..
android:gravity="top"
android:maxLines="4"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:padding="10dp"
and you have to put activity file ...
edtComment = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edtComment);
edtComment.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
this is works for me and hope it will works for you .....

Have you tried using
android:layout_height="wrap content"
instead of
android:layout_height="match_parent"

disable "spell checking" on textView

This is more a 'is there a more appropriate way' question as I have found a work around.
Some of my table headers are being picked up as spelling errors and underlined in red. Of course, that is not what I would like to see. I have found that using
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
does disable the spell check markings. I find it odd (bug?) that this is necessary as the docs state:
inputType: The type of data being placed in a text field, used to help
an input method decide how to let the user enter text.
and there is no input associated with just textView. So is this the only/more appropriate way of avoiding the spell check and also, is this a bug that it is spell checking non-input fields?
UPDATE: per request this is sample xml
<TextView
android:text="ID#"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:typeface="monospace"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:digits="4"
android:textAlignment="gravity"
android:layout_weight="5"
android:gravity="left"
android:singleLine="true"
android:phoneNumber="true"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|none">
</TextView>

First, I would try removing the android:digits, android:phoneNumber, and android:inputType attributes.
All of those are more intended for use with fields that allow input (such as EditTexts). It also doesn't look like you are using the android:digits attribute correctly, as the string you provide defines the only allowable characters.
In essence, this combination of attributes is telling Android that your TextView accepts input in the form of telephone numbers that contain only the number 4, that this TextView doesn't accept input of any type, and Android should not provide spellcheck suggestions.
If you are setting the content of the TextView yourself, there really is no reason to try to restrict the content of the TextView with flags such as android:phoneNumber since you are the one controlling that.

I know this is an old thread but removing the following from content XML worked for me:
android:autoText="true"

On later android studio versions try:
android:autoText="true"
inside of the (or any input) in the xml.
On newer versions try:
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"

text if going long then the text field coming to next line how to stop it

I am very new to android development.I am trying to make a text field in which if I type long text the next line should not come.
currently If the text is too long line break is coming and its going to the next line making the height of text field grow.
<EditText android:id="#+id/edit_message"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:hint="#string/edit_message"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:gravity="top"/>
suggest please.

Delete the android:inputType="textMultiLine" parameter. It makes the EditText to break into a new line if the text is becoming big enough

dear use android:singleLine="true"

You have lot of option to restrict this.
android:singleLine="true" Using this textView always display text in only single line.
android:lines="1" Using this you can hard code the number of line space.
android:maxLines="1" Using this your textview size will grow up to specified number of lines.
Hope this will help you to better understanding....:)

Remove this line
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
And add this line
android:singleLine="true"

Setting inputType textFilter and textPassword stops displaying as password dots instead of themselves

I have been trying to restrict the password field with a set of characters. So tried to use the textFilter and done it. When i set inputType textFilter and textPassword, it stops displaying as password dots and shows the text that i type in the Editext. When i remove the textFilter, then characters of the field are displayed as password dots instead of themselves.
This is the snippet in used in my XML resource
main.xml
<EditText android:id="#+id/password" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="2.0dip" android:singleLine="true"
android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:inputType="textPassword|textFilter"
android:hint="#string/input_field_here" android:digits="#string/only_alpha_numeric"></EditText>
string.xml
<string name="only_alpha_numeric">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/>
Please let me know , is there any possible way to achieve my desired result ?
Thanks

Hi use following lines in xml file . From this you can keep the textFilter property as well as password hint property too.. hope this will help you a lot.
android:password="true"
android:inputType="textFilter"

How To Validate an EditText to handle numbers only in Android?

How can I validate a text view in android to handle positive integer numbers?
I don't want it to accept any character or signs etc...

Have you taken a look at the EditText's inputType attribute? You can set a whole bunch of different input types that the EditText should limit the user input to.
From the sounds of it, you're probably looking for something like:
<EditText
....
android:inputType="number"
... />

You can use regular expressions. See:
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/regex/Pattern.html
Your pattern could look like ^[0-9]{1,10}$
which means that the entered value can only consist of digits (minimum 1, maximum 10)

IMO best way is use inputType in xml
<EditText
...
android:inputType="phone" />
You have to remember that "+" is also part of the phone number.

Use the code in your Edittext XML to restrict any range of values
android:digits="0123456789"

You can use from XML
<EditText
...
android:inputType="phone" />
or programmatically
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourId);
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);