In Android EditText, how to force writing uppercase?

Question

In my Android application I have different EditText where the user can enter information. But I need to force user to write in uppercase letters. Do you know a

Answer 1

A Java 1-liner of the proposed solution could be:

editText.setFilters(Lists.asList(new InputFilter.AllCaps(), editText.getFilters())
    .toArray(new InputFilter[editText.getFilters().length + 1]));

Note it needs com.google.common.collect.Lists.

Answer 2

Even better... one liner in Kotlin...

// gets your previous attributes in XML, plus adds AllCaps filter    
<your_edit_text>.setFilters(<your_edit_text>.getFilters() + InputFilter.AllCaps())

Done!

Answer 3

Based on the accepted answer, this answer does the same, but in Kotlin. Just to ease copypasting :·)

private fun EditText.autocapitalize() {
    val allCapsFilter = InputFilter.AllCaps()
    setFilters(getFilters() + allCapsFilter)
}

Answer 4

Simple kotlin realization

fun EditText.onlyUppercase() {
    inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS
    filters = arrayOf(InputFilter.AllCaps())
}

PS it seems that filters is always empty initially

Answer 5

To get capitalized keyboard when click edittext use this code in your xml,

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/et"
    android:layout_width="250dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Input your country"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:inputType="textCapCharacters"
    />