How to make EditText not editable through XML in Android?

Question

Can anyone tell me how to make an EditText not editable via XML? I tried setting android:editable to false, but

1. it is de

Answer 1

You could use android:editable="false" but I would really advise you to use setEnabled(false) as it provides a visual clue to the user that the control cannot be edited. The same visual cue is used by all disabled widgets and consistency is good.

Answer 2

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/txtDate"
    android:layout_width="140dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:cursorVisible="false"
    android:gravity="center" />

and use following :

txtDate.setKeyListener(null);

Answer 3

I've tried the following:

codeEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

this.codeEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {

  @Override
  public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {

    if (hasFocus) {

      pickCode();

    }

  }

});
this.codeEditText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

  @Override
  public void onClick(View v) {

    pickCode();

  }

});

but the problem was that if the edit text is the first in the form then it gets the focus and the pickCode() code which launches a new activity is called straight away. So I modified the code as follows and it seems to work quite well (except I cannot set the focus on the text edit but I don't need to):

itemCodeEditText.setFocusable(false);

this.itemCodeEditText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

  @Override
  public void onClick(View v) {

    pickItem();

  }

});

Best Regards,

Comments welcome,

John Goche

Answer 4

Let your Edittext be

EditText editText;

editText.setKeyListener(null);

will work but it just not listening to keys.

User can see a cursor on the edittext.

You can try editText.setEnabled(false);

That means user cannot see the cursor. To simply say it will became TextView.

Answer 5

As mentioned in other answers, you can do a setEnabled(false) but since you are asking how to set it via XML, here is how to do it.

Add the following attribute to your EditText:

android:enabled="false"

Answer 6

I resolve this with a dialog.

    AlertDialog dialog;
    EditText _editID;
    TextView _txtID;

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_principal);
        _txtID = (TextView) findViewById(R.id._txtID);
        dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
        _editID = new EditText(this);
        _editID.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED);
        dialog.setTitle("Numero do Registro:");
        dialog.setView(_editID);
        dialog.setButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE, "IR", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                _txtID.setText(_editID.getText());
                toId(Integer.parseInt((_editID.getText().toString())));
            }
        });
        dialog.setButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_NEGATIVE, "CANCELAR", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });

        _txtID.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                _txtID.setText("_editID.getText()");
                //_editID.setText("");
                dialog.show();

            }
        });