Can anyone tell me how to make an EditText not editable via XML? I tried setting android:editable to false, but
- it is deprecated; and
- it didn't work.
Can anyone tell me how to make an EditText not editable via XML? I tried setting android:editable to false, but
Please try this!, it may help some people
<EditText
android:enabled="false"
android:textColor="#000000"/>
Short answer:
I used android:focusable="false" and it worked. Click listening is also working now.
I resolve this with a dialog.
AlertDialog dialog;
EditText _editID;
TextView _txtID;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_principal);
_txtID = (TextView) findViewById(R.id._txtID);
dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
_editID = new EditText(this);
_editID.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED);
dialog.setTitle("Numero do Registro:");
dialog.setView(_editID);
dialog.setButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE, "IR", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
_txtID.setText(_editID.getText());
toId(Integer.parseInt((_editID.getText().toString())));
}
});
dialog.setButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_NEGATIVE, "CANCELAR", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
_txtID.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
_txtID.setText("_editID.getText()");
//_editID.setText("");
dialog.show();
}
});
Kotlin extension option:
fun AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView.setEditable(editable: Boolean) {
if (!editable) {
this.tag = this.keyListener
this.keyListener = null
} else {
if(this.tag is KeyListener) {
this@setEditable.keyListener = this@setEditable.tag as KeyListener
}
}
}
You can toggle between editable of edittext by this method:
public void toggleEditableOfEditText(EditText editText){
if (editText.getKeyListener() != null) {
editText.setTag(editText.getKeyListener());
editText.setKeyListener(null);
} else {
editText.setKeyListener((KeyListener) editText.getTag());
}
}
and then use this method to make edittext editable or not editable:
toggleEditableOfEditText(editText);