EditText and InputFilter cause repeating text

Question

I\'m trying to implement an EditText that limits input to alpha chars only [A-Za-z].

I started with the InputFilter method from this post. When I type \"a%\" the text d

Answer 1

Use the following code:

EditText input = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputText);
   input.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         for( int i = start;i

If you want the valid text to remain in the EditText:

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 input.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
            int after) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         for( int i = 0;i