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Android Numeric EditText with multiple Lines

I have a numeric EditText and when I try to set multiple lines it doesn't work.
This is my code
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="phone" />
Java class
EditText editText = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_PHONE|InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);
Thanks.

Your flags are wrong. From the documentation:
TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE
Flag for TYPE_CLASS_TEXT: multiple lines of text can be entered into the field.
So TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE is compatible with TYPE_CLASS_TEXT but not TYPE_CLASS_PHONE.
I guess you just can't.

add these lines to your editext xml
android:minLines="2"
android:maxLines="3"
also, don't use android:singleLine="false" since it is deprecated

How to disable letters in keyboard (leave only digits)?

I'm developing Android application, and I need to disable letters for user's keyboard in order to allow user to input only digits in EditText. Please, tell me, is it possible?

add android:inputType="number" to the EditText in the layout xml.
More information on inputType's can be found at http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:inputType
You can also go further and do something like:
<EditText
android:inputType="number"
android:digits="0123456789"
/>

EditText input = new EditText(this);
input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);
OR
Using XML
android:inputType="number"

How show default keyboard number in Edittext?

I want to input EditText som characters:
android:digits="1234567890-_##."
If I don't set inputType keyboard input Text is default.
I want show number keyboard show default.
But:
If in EditText design ,i set:
android:inputType="number"
or
android:inputType="phone"
EditText don't show key (#,_)
How show default keyboard number (allow input digits="1234567890-_##.") in Edittext?

Use this :
<EditText
android:id="#+id/ed1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=""
android:inputType="number"
android:digits="1234567890-_##."/>
It works for me and allow me to insert this characters "1234567890-_##." only.
Hope this will help you.
Thanks.

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"

Warning on EditText

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.