how to set input type to be numberdecimal but also allow a “-”

Question

I have set input type to be numberdecimal but also want to populate the editText with a \"-\" programmatically. I can add the text but then I am unable to edit the text as it do

Answer 1

I was able to achieve this behavior by setting digits xml attribute as follows:

Setting it up programatically (Set EditText Digits Programmatically):

weightInput.setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789-"));