Configure android EditText to allow decimals and negatives

Question

I have an Android EditText that I want to have the number keyboard come up.

If I set the android:inputType to numberSigned, I get the number keyboard and t

Answer 1

You are just missing this in your EditText,

android:inputType="numberDecimal|numberSigned"

Answer 2

See this link may be it's help you http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/creating-input-method.html

and The possible values for the android:inputtype are:

•none
•text
•textCapCharacters
•textCapWords
•textCapSentences
•textAutoCorrect
•textAutoComplete
•textMultiLine
•textImeMultiLine
•textNoSuggestions
•textUri
•textEmailAddress
•textEmailSubject
•textShortMessage
•textLongMessage
•textPersonName
•textPostalAddress
•textPassword
•textVisiblePassword
•textWebEditText
•textFilter
•textPhonetic
•textWebEmailAddress
•textWebPassword
•number
•numberSigned
•numberDecimal
•numberPassword
•phone
•datetime
•date
•time

Answer 3

We can use,

edit_text.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED);

if we need to use programmatically..