Develop Reference

setOnEditorActionListener not working for edit texts next to each other end of layout

here' the code
I have two edit Text in a row in my lay out,and when I touch next on keyboard it does not change the focus.
the setOnEditorActionListener does not work till i add extra editText
<EditText
android:id="#+id/firstText"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/secondText"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
/>
code:
firstText.setOnNextActionListener(new CallBack<KeyEvent>() {
#Override
public void call(KeyEvent data) {
secondText.requestEditTextFocus();
}
});

Give one value into edittext in xml file ..
android:singleLine="true"

You can try these
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/secondText"
android:nextFocusLeft="#+id/secondText"
android:nextFocusRight="#+id/secondText"
android:nextFocusUp="#+id/secondText"

Show below three ways, you can got you want Using any one of them
inputType ="actionNext" attribute
or
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
or
android:singleLine="true" and
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/secondText"
on your .xml you can do this.
If you want to do it programmatically in your activity or fragment then try below:-
firstText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event){
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT) {
secondText.requestEditTextFocus();
return true; // Focus will do whatever you put in the logic.
}
return false; // Focus will change according to the actionId
}
});
I have tested with set Programmtically with changes secondText.requestEditTextFocus(); to secondText.requestFocus(); and its working fine.
Please show below Screenshotes

android:digits not allowing next button in keypad

Im using
android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. "
and having one more EditText in the same screen when i press enter key in keypad the focus doesn't gets changed.
suppose if i remove the
android:digits
the enter button works fine and moves to the next edit text.

Add android:imeOptions="actionNext" in your EditText in xml
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_count"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

You can make use of the imeOptions attribute available for EditText in xml.
Try the following. It worked in my case.
In XML:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edit_text1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="45dp"
android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. "
android:imeOptions="actionNext"/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edit_text2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="45dp"/>
Then, in JAVA:
EditText edit_text1 = (EditText) findViewById (R.id.edit_text1);
EditText edit_text2 = (EditText) findViewById (R.id.edit_text2);
edit_text1.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
boolean handled = false;
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT) {
edit_text2.requestFocus();
handled = true;
}
return handled;
}
});

you must be delete 'android:digits' to active the 'android:imeOptions="actionNext"' code.

EditText moving long text to next line

I have an EditText in my app and I want it to have two lines, to show ime button instead of enter key and to move too long text to next line (like in sms apps). For now i have something like this:
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/name_field"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#null"
android:freezesText="true"
android:hint="#string/some_hint"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:maxLength="100"
android:nextFocusDown="#null"
android:lines="2"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:inputType="textImeMultiLine"
android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="16sp" />
It has two first properties I mentioned, but i can't recall any option that allows me to reach third.
For example: if one line in my EditText has 10 chars, i want to display text "abc abcd abc abcdefghijk" like that:
abc abcd
abc abc...
EDIT:
It seems problem is in android:inputType="textImeMultiLine". When i changed it to android:inputType="textMultiLine" all works fine, but... I have enter button instead of IME button, which i want to avoid.

Try this..Hope it will work!
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:background="#null"
android:freezesText="true"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:maxLength="100"
android:nextFocusDown="#null"
android:lines="2"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="16sp" />

add this line
android:inputType="textMultiLine"

add this in your xml android:maxLines="2" instead of android:lines="2"

None of these Methods worked for me.
After Googling for about an hour, I found this piece of code:
EditText editText = findViewById(R.id.editNote);
editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
editText.setImeActionLabel("DONE",EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE); //Set Return Carriage as "DONE"
editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event)
{
if (event == null) {
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
// Capture soft enters in a singleLine EditText that is the last EditText
// This one is useful for the new list case, when there are no existing ListItems
editText.clearFocus();
InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
}
else if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT) {
// Capture soft enters in other singleLine EditTexts
} else if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {
} else {
// Let the system handle all other null KeyEvents
return false;
}
}
else if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_NULL) {
// Capture most soft enters in multi-line EditTexts and all hard enters;
// They supply a zero actionId and a valid keyEvent rather than
// a non-zero actionId and a null event like the previous cases.
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
// We capture the event when the key is first pressed.
} else {
// We consume the event when the key is released.
return true;
}
}
else {
// We let the system handle it when the listener is triggered by something that
// wasn't an enter.
return false;
}
return true;
}
});
Keep your EditText like this:
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/editNote"
android:hint="Start Typing..."
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:gravity="start" />
I don't remember where I got this code from so can't credit the author.
I made the necessary changes according to my need.

Set next EditText focused and editable on KEY_DOWN

I've got a layout with two editexts. I need to set the second one focused and editable when the enter key is hit on the first one. I've got code for setting focus but I can't start typing when the second one gets the focus.
PS I also need edittext to be exactly one line height without possibility of making addtional rows. It works as well.
pss android 2.3
XML code:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/email"
style="#style/profileLoginInput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="#string/email" android:ems="10" android:lines="1" android:maxLines="1" android:ellipsize="end">
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/password"
style="#style/profileLoginInput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textPassword" android:hint="#string/password">
Java code :
((EditText) findViewById(R.id.email)).setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener(){
#Override
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
{
if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
{
switch (keyCode)
{
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER:
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER:
((EditText) findViewById(R.id.password)).requestFocus();
return true;
default:
break;
}
}
return false;
}
});

You're overthinking this. You can specify the order of the EditText inputs right in the XML without doing anything in Java.
Use the android:nextFocusDown param to specify which field you'd like to get focus when the user hits the enter key.

android:inputType="text"
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/..."
worked for me

android:nextFocusDown
Worked fine for me
But removed the following Method only then its work:
editText1.setOnEditorActionListener(new EditText.OnEditorActionListener() {
#Override
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE ||
actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT) {
editText2.requestFocus();
return false;
}
return false;
}
});

Besides adding the + in front of id:
android:inputType="text"
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/..."
I also had to add:
android:imeOptions="actionNext"

It seems to be bugged when running this code on the emulator. However, it works on phones

Set carat/cursor from edittext1 to edittext2

I've already searched how to do this but couldn't find any solution. Here it goes, I have edittext1 and edittext2, while the carat/cursor is positioned in edittext1 then I pressed "Next/Enter" key in soft keyboard, the carat/cursor must be positioned in edittext2. The snippet below received the event when I pressed the "Next/Enter" key but didn't move the carat/cursor in edittext2.
edittext1.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener()
{
#Override
public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
{
if(event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)
{
Editable e = edittext2.getText();
Selection.setSelection(e,e.length());
}
return false;
}
});
Any inputs will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Rather than doing it in code, can't you use the android:nextFocusDown and android:nextFocusUp in your XML? Here are some references:
Handling UI Events
View documentation
EDIT
With your accepted answer it looks like you have a solution that works, however I thought I'd get the XML route to work too. So here is a working version of your layout elements:
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/autoCompleteTextViewRecipient"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:completionThreshold="1"
android:inputType="text"
android:maxLines="1"
android:hint="To"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/editTextComposeMessage"
android:nextFocusUp="#+id/editTextComposeMessage"/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editTextComposeMessage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:nextFocusDown="#+id/autoCompleteTextViewRecipient"
android:nextFocusUp="#+id/autoCompleteTextViewRecipient"/>
Differences are that the AutoCompleteTextView now has a nextFocusDown, the EditText has a nextFocusUp, and both have imeOptions set to actionNext

Try using this:
if(event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)
{
edittext2.requestFocus();
}
The cursor moves to edittext2.