Warning on EditText - android

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.

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android editText multiline return to line not working with swiftkey

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.

Android EditText doesn't show keyboard hint if use more than one inputType attribute

I'm trying to have an Edit text with keyboard hints and auotcorrection for words (such as when you write a message in whatsapp).
This is my code:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/autoCompleteTextView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_margin="20dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/white"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine|textAutoCorrect|textAutoComplete"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
android:hint="#string/note_content"
android:textColor="#color/black_text" />
According with the documentation it should work but it doesn't.
I've also tried using the deprecated android:autoText="true".
I need all the functionallity specified in the InputType
Edit:
After some try I discovered that if I set only one attribute without problem but if I set all of what I need nothing work correctly.
Edit 2:
What I want to obtain is something like the Whatsapp editbox where you write your message.

Maybe it has to do with the input type, have you tried single combinations?
Using a combination of textAutoCorrect and textAutoComplete might not always work

How to remove extra spaces on softkeyboard

I would like to know how to remove the top space/margin of a soft-keyboard.
For clearer picture, checkout the following screenshots:
With space and without space:

The "spacing" you're seeing is the autocomplete suggestion area. If you have an input type set to something as simple as text then you're going to get suggestions from the keyboard. Adding textNoSuggestions to your inputType field will remove the suggestions area.
So for example:
<EditText android:id="#+id/username_field"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:hint="#string/username" />
Or if you were already using something like textCapWords you can combine them like so:
<EditText android:id="#+id/username_field"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textCapWords|textNoSuggestions"
android:hint="#string/username" />
Also, not sure if you are using it but just a heads up, you'll want to use inputType="password" for your password field.

Whatever your inputType is, add |textNoSuggestions to the end of it.

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 remove the underline from the EditText field in Android?

Whenever a word is typed in the EditText box, I always see an underline under the word being typed. But when I press a space after that word I no longer see the underline.
My reqirement is to remove that underline when the user is typing the message.
Added is the screenshot and we see that Smith is underlined. But I don't want this to happen.
Below is the xml that I use for the AlertDialog box.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/name_view"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
android:text="#string/alert_dialog_name"
android:gravity="left"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/username_edit"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:autoText="false"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:capitalize="none"
android:gravity="fill_horizontal"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</LinearLayout>

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"

There is a function that removes any composing state. I think if you call it after every time a user types, you will not see the underline. I use it after the user finishes typing, to get the drawing cache of the entire textView (which I need without underline). It's
someTextView.clearComposingText();

You don't have to use any logic to remove the underlines -- just call getText().toString() when you want to use the value. It won't include special formatting or anything.

accepted answer is not given solution, and some other user given answer but no one given full anser, so that's why i write here working solution.
If you want to remove underline then just add below code.
XML
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
Java
EditText ed;
ed = findViewById(yourId);
ed.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
If you want to set more than one input type then,
ed.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
May be above information is helpful to others.

The best solution for this is to add on your EditText:
android:inputType="textMultiLine|textVisiblePassword"

Use this from your class, if EditText view is dynamic (created from class file):
EditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
OR include android:inputType="textNoSuggestions" with your EditText in XML.

Read this if you want to keep emojis and textNoSuggestions doesn't work for you.
textNoSuggestions does not work in every keyboard.
inputType="textVisiblePassword" works but it removes emoji's from most keyboards.
I found that setting inputType="textUri" works and keeps the ability to add emojis.

try:
android:inputType= InputTypes.TextVariationVisiblePassword;

<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#null"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
android:maxLines="1"
/>

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