On the soft keyboard in Android you can set the soft keyboard to show the numbers instead of a-z keyboard using android:inputType="numberDecimal". However, what do I do if I only want to show the top number row 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 and not the following rows starting with @ # $ % ...?
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The accepted answer did not work for me (tested on OnePlus 3t and Samsung Galaxy S6/S7 phones).
This solution uses numberPassword but overrides the default transformation method for the EditText to show characters instead of showing dots.
<EditText
android:id="@+id/userid"
android:inputType="numberPassword"
android:maxLength="6"
/>
// Numeric 6 character user id
EditText input = findViewById(R.id.userid);
// Process input and show characters instead of dots
input.setTransformationMethod(SingleLineTransformationMethod.getInstance());
The accepted answer didn't work for me. It kept showing other unwanted characters
I found a way to accomplish the behavior I wanted by changing the inputType to numberPassword and then disabling the password dots
textInput.inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER or InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD
textInput.transformationMethod = SingleLineTransformationMethod()