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Maxlines not working when inputType is textMultiLine

This is my Edittext's xml code
<EditText
android:id="#+id/meeting_who_was_txt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:gravity="top"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="2"/>
This is java code
meetingWhoWas=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.meeting_who_was_txt);
meetingWhoWas.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
when i run my app,multiLine working perfect in Edittext,but maxlines not working.
What is a wrong in my code and how i can solve my problem?

You just need to make sure you have the attribute "inputType" set. It doesn't work without this line.
android:inputType="text"

See the Documentation
Attribute android:inputType="textMultiLine" allows multiple lines of text in the EditText field. If this flag is not set, the EditText field will be constrained to a single line.
Attribute android:maxLines="2" represensts the height of EditText. It makes EditText be at most two lines tall.
For single line EditText use:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/meeting_who_was_txt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="text"
android:maxLines="1"/>
For multiple line EditText use:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/meeting_who_was_txt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="2"/>
Hope this will help~

Set AutocompleteTextView hint in a single line with Ellipsize end

I want to set the hint of my AutocompleteTextView in a single line with extra string to be truncated with dots(...) in the end.
I am using singleLine="true", maxLines="1", ellipsize="end".
But still the hint is shown in two lines. Although The text is set to single line. But I need the hint should also need to shown in single line.
The Preview in Android Studio shows the hint in single line. But when I run it on Device it shows in 2 lines.(S5, Nexus-5, Nexus-6, J7).
I also want the imeOption should be always search. i.e. imeOptions="actionSearch" Hence I can't change it to actionNext.
Below is my XML Code:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/liLaySearchMap"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:background="#color/cococo"
android:paddingRight="10dp">
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/five_dp"
android:background="#color/white"
android:padding="#dimen/two_dp"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:drawablePadding="#dimen/two_dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:lines="1"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:textSize="#dimen/twelve_sp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:inputType="text"
android:hint="A Very Long Hint Text Which Need To Be Tuncated At the End In Single Line"
android:id="#+id/edSearch"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/tvCancel"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvCancel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/five_dp"
android:text="#string/cancel"
android:textSize="#dimen/twelve_sp"
android:textColor="#color/tw__composer_red"
android:padding="#dimen/five_dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Can Anyone Please en-curtain the issue I am facing. As I think I had used every possible solution but still the hint is not in single line.

these are screenshots on my Device and xml i tried is as follows
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:background="#color/white"
android:padding="2dp"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:drawablePadding="2dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:lines="1"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:inputType="text"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:hint="A Very Long Hint Text Which Need To Be Tuncated At the End In Single Line"
android:id="#+id/edSearch"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"/>
try Setting android:inputType="text" on the AutoCompleteTextView it worked for me
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="text"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:hint="this is to check if it's getting truncated and in single line or not"/>

Setting android:inputType="text" on the AutoCompleteTextView it worked for me, unlike android:ellipsize="end", the text did not stay with '...' on end, but it does meet expectations.

android:completionThreshold="1"

Arabic language is not supported with the use of inputType

I had an issue with setting hint in Arabic language. Please refer Alternating edit text hint not visible for Arabic language
for details. The issue was with the use of inputType in the xml. I have removed it and now a normal keypad appears onclick of the edittext field. But I want the user to enter numbers only and I want numerical keypad to appear. How to do it?
In short, the use of inputType will not display the Arabic content and if it is not used then I am getting alphabetical keypad.
Please help, thanks in advance

hope you can use this property android:numeric="integer" and please remove singleline property if you are using it.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_account_no"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:cursorVisible="true"
android:gravity="right"
android:hint="#string/hint_account_no"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:numeric="integer"
android:maxLength="12"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:padding="#dimen/edittext_padding">
</EditText>

Use android:inputType="number" or android:inputType="phone" it should give you numeric keypad on click of edit text:
Following is the snippet from my xml, this should help:
<EditText
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:hint="my hint"
android:inputType="phone"
android:id="#+id/Nummm"
android:paddingStart="8dp"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:textDirection="rtl"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:textColorHint="#767676"
android:backgroundTint="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:ignore="RtlCompat" />

how to fix the size of multiline edit text

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

How to add hint into EditText with inputType="numberDecimal"?

I have an EditText like below:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_sum"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:background="#android:drawable/editbox_background"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:hint="Enter sum" />
But the hint is not displayed. Is it possible to display the EditText hint with inputType="numberDecimal" or not?

you can use
android:ellipsize="start"
to make the hint displayed with an inputtype and gravity

It appears to be a problem with using android:gravity="center_horizontal". Try removing that line as it made the hint appear for me.

Here is one of my EditText tags to compare with:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/txtNumbText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:singleLine="true"
android:hint="Number Hint Text">
</EditText>

Hi we can not use Gravity attribute and inputtype="number" attribute at a time so better to neglect gravity attribute.
if u want set hint in middle of edit text use like this : android:hint=" hint "
give space in hint text
<EditText android:id="#+id/xEt" android:layout_width="170dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
android:inputType="number"
android:hint=" numbers only "
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />