Allow multi-line in EditText view in Android?

Question

How to allow multi-line in Android\'s EditText view?

Answer 1

 <EditText
           android:id="@id/editText" //id of editText
           android:gravity="start"   // Where to start Typing
           android:inputType="textMultiLine" // multiline
           android:imeOptions="actionDone" // Keyboard done button
           android:minLines="5" // Min Line of editText
           android:hint="@string/Enter Data" // Hint in editText
           android:layout_width="match_parent" //width editText
           android:layout_height="wrap_content" //height editText
           /> 

Answer 2

You may find it better to use:

<EditText 
...
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
/>

This is because android:singleLine is deprecated.

Answer 3

I learned this from http://www.pcsalt.com/android/edittext-with-single-line-line-wrapping-and-done-action-in-android/, though I don't like the website myself. If you want multiline BUT want to retain the enter button as a post button, set the listview's "horizontally scrolling" to false.

android:scrollHorizontally="false"

If it doesn't work in xml, doing it programmatically weirdly works.

listView.setHorizontallyScrolling(false);