I want to make a multi line edit text but the problem is that whenever i enter new line height of edit text increases. how to fix its height. My code is
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editAdditionalInfo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/editPhoneCutomerDetails"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="60dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPhoneCutomerDetails"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/message_additional_box1x"
android:ems="10"
android:padding="10dp"
android:gravity="top">
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
To fix the size of editText you can use
android:singleLine="true"
but it can limit your editText line to 1 .
if you want more lines in editText then use the following property.
Use android:lines="3" .
Use android:lines="2" for fixing multilines and for fixing single line use android:singleLine="true"
for example use like this as shown for multilines
<EditText
android:id="#+id/.."
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#android:drawable/editbox_background_normal"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Name"
android:maxLength="20"
android:lines="2"// fix the multiline limit
android:textColor="#000000" />
for example use like this as shown for single line
<EditText
android:id="#+id/.."
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#android:drawable/editbox_background_normal"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Name"
android:maxLength="20"
android:singleLine="true"// fix the single line limit
android:textColor="#000000" />
try this;
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
<EditText
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
As singleline is now deprecated use inputType:multiline and set the number of lines you want with lines tag
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="4"/>
I had a similar requirement but ended up not changing the size of the box. i.e it grows as text is typed into it but stops short of blocking the other widgets in view. I read this post during my quest and had found a solution. Decided to post it back here. Restricting size to a value may possibly have different effects on different screens. So I think it is better to let it be.
The thing is to put the edit text inside a linearlayout with the rest of the widgets. The code and snapshot are here
Multi line edit box with ok cancel buttons
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I would like for my app to be able to display different hints in the edittext at different times, so i have to set the hint pro-grammatically at each times as below.
editText.setHint("Hint 1");
But the problem is when i starts typing the hint starts disappearing.I want to show this hint every time.If i set the hint in xml it will not disappear while typing, but how to do this in my case.
Either you should consider to change to TextInputLayout(Strongly recommended this. Here is an example too.)
or
make relative layout with EditText for input and TextView for hint inside.Change the textview according to your needs.
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_hint"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="yourHint"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:textColor="#color/customColor"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
what you are expecting is not possible,since we have to how what user is writing on editext.
Now a days https://github.com/hardik-trivedi/FloatingLabel
this type of hints are more popular,you can try above link.
TextInputLayout give powerful material features to EditText. Main feature is floating hint. See doc here https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/design/widget/TextInputLayout.html
You can't display while typing text in edit text hint in android have default functionality
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:theme="#style/TextLabel"
android:id="#+id/input_layout_username"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/username_edit_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#null"
android:hint="Email Address"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:translationY="10dp"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHint="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_13"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
Here android provide default functionality while typing text in edit text the hint above edit text, You can also set Hint via programmatically
EditText. setHint ("Hint 1");
the best way to do this is to use TextInputLayout.
https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/becoming-material-with-android-design-support-library/
<!--EMAIL-->
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/email_wrapper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/TextLabel">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etUserName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/login_screen_email_hint"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:maxLines="1"
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/etPassword"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textColorHighlight="#android:color/white"
android:textColorHint="#android:color/white" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
And dont forget adding this line to your gradle file
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'
I have Multiline EditText in my project. I want limit of line in my EditText. I specify all the property's like android:lines="3", android:maxLines="2", android:gravity="top|left" etc. in it but it is not restricted to 3 line. It is going beyond that.
My EditText code is :
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etForDesc"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/edittext_back_profile"
android:hint="#string/desc"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="13dp"
android:lines="3"
android:maxLines="2"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:textStyle="normal" />
Please help me.
Thank you.
I have edittext view in my application but when i insert long text in edit text this increases view size.I do not want happened in my app because it created bad imapact on app so I decided to use
android:singleLine="true"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLine="1"
xml attribute to the edit text but it not worked for me .I don't have any idea how to prevent this from my problem.I did lot of R&D but i am not get satisfactory answer.Here is my Edit Text.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etaccountholdersname"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvaccountholdername"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_input_field"
android:hint="Account holder's name"
android:singleLine="true"
/>
Here Is full code of Xml file
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/innerrel1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvaccountholdername"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_account_holders_name_text"
android:gravity="left" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etaccountholdersname"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvaccountholdername"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_input_field"
android:hint="Account holder's name"
android:singleLine="true"
android:scrollbars="vertical" />
</RelativeLayout>
Please provide some help me to solve this issues.
In your layout design you have "wrap_content" for both parent and children views. Make the parent layout width as static. If you working with multiple screens, use the dimens.xml for the sizes of the views in different screen sizes.
Use either android:layout_weight property or use android:ems="7" it will work for you definetely
do not use
android:ellipsize="end"
its uses for textview
use
android:ems="10" (it limits edittext to show 10 charecters but you can insert many characters)
and you are good to go.
i am usign adjustpan in activity it's scroll perfect when simple Edit text with single line but, it's not work properly in multiline edittext with height mentioned like below ediitext xml layout
<EditText
android:id="#+id/txt_feedback"
android:layout_width="400dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/txt_to"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/txt_to"
android:ems="10"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="8"
android:maxLength="160"
android:minLines="6"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/textboxborder"
android:padding="2dp"
android:singleLine="false"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:visibility="gone"
android:hint="-- Your Comments --"
android:layout_marginLeft="40dp" />
for current output below like screen:
and i am excepted output like below screen:
and how to do this somebody help me ?
Thanks :)
Hi am having one Edit Text which is used to get the information about the user.i have set the following properties to edit text
<EditText
android:id="#+id/profile_about"
android:layout_below="#id/AboutYou"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dip"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dip"
android:layout_marginRight="18dip"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#drawable/edittext"
android:layout_width="300dip"
android:layout_height="100dip"
android:textSize="16sp"
/>
the problem is it scrolls horizontal only.not go the newline after entering certain characters.can anybody help me?
I replaced android:inputType="textCapWords" by android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapWords", and it works.
Try using android:singleLine="false"
android:singleLine="false"
if this property is set then the charecters after a certain limit will go to next line automatically...
try this too
android:scrollHorizontally="false"