Only show number buttons on Soft Keyboard in Android?

Question

On the soft keyboard in Android you can set the soft keyboard to show the numbers instead of a-z keyboard using android:inputType=\"numberDecimal\". However, wh

Answer 1

Last I looked into it, Android did not have any good options for that. I ended up having to write my own version of a soft keyboard-like user interface.

Answer 2

The accepted answer did not work for me (tested on OnePlus 3t and Samsung Galaxy S6/S7 phones).

This solution uses numberPassword but overrides the default transformation method for the EditText to show characters instead of showing dots.

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/userid"
    android:inputType="numberPassword"
    android:maxLength="6"
/>

// Numeric 6 character user id
EditText input = findViewById(R.id.userid);

// Process input and show characters instead of dots
input.setTransformationMethod(SingleLineTransformationMethod.getInstance());

Answer 3

Just posted an answer here but re-posting for simplicity:

Seems Android has added the functionality we were seeking. This is the xml I use for simple EditText numeric entry:

    android:inputType="numberPassword"
    android:digits="0123456789"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:ems="4"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:gravity="center"

Answer 4

The accepted answer didn't work for me. It kept showing other unwanted characters

I found a way to accomplish the behavior I wanted by changing the inputType to numberPassword and then disabling the password dots

textInput.inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER or InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD
textInput.transformationMethod = SingleLineTransformationMethod()

Answer 5

You must only add this line on your code:

input.setRawInputType(Configuration.KEYBOARD_12KEY);

this will show only the numeric keyboard.

Answer 6

android:inputType="phone"
android:digits="1234567890"

is an option