Why can I type into a disabled EditText?

Question

If I disable an EditText widget using

editText.setEnabled(false);

I can still type into it using the on-screen input method (in

Answer 1

I think you should be able to editText.setOnClickListener() with your own function and call super.onClickListener() if you want your text edited.

Edit:
Following link has some answers which sound more like the right way:
Can we have uneditable text in edittext