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

I would just like to add my solution to the problem(as late as it is). I found that if you add

    yourEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

Then the backspace problems stop