android:capitalize not working

Question

I have a TextView. I\'m trying to capitalize the first letter in every word.

Here\'s the TextView:

Answer 1

If you're targeting API Level 14 and above, you should use

android:textAllCaps="true"

Otherwise, you'll have to implement this behavior yourself.

Answer 2

android:capitalize is deprecated on ICS, so I guess it should be better to do it in code (i.e. with String.toUpperCase())

Another try could be

 android:inputType="textCapWords"

but I guess it would require an EditText to work.

I don't know if this is the reason for your code, what version are you targeting?

Answer 3

android:capitalize is now deprecated.

Instead of using android:capitalize="words", you should consider using android:inputType="textCapWords".

Depending on your needs, you can also use multiple values, such as android:inputType="textCapWords|textPersonName".

Answer 4

This is a late answer but I think might help someone...

If you are comfortable with capitilizing the dynamic text in the java code then you can use:

textView.setText(text.toUpperCase()); 

Answer 5

@Shine's answer is correct I don't know why it was down voted. android:capitalize was deprecated in API 3. Unfortunately the TextView docs fail to indicate this, the proof is burried in R.attr:

R.attr

Android studio also fails to inform you that this attribute is deprecated. Another 30 mins I'll never get back, thanks google!

Answer 6

capitalize is basically just a KeyListener that you can set in XML, so it only applies to text input by the user. As the documentation states (emphasis mine):

If set, specifies that this TextView has a textual input method and should automatically capitalize what the user types.

There is a related question on how to capitalize the first letter of every word in Java which has some helpful answers.