EditText onClickListener in Android

Question

I want an EditText which creates a DatePicker when is pressed. So I write the following code:

    mEditInit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.date_init);
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Answer 1

I had this same problem. The code is fine but make sure you change the focusable value of the EditText to false.

<EditText
android:id="@+id/date"
android:focusable="false"/>

I hope this helps anyone who has had a similar problem!

Answer 2

Nice topic. Well, I have done so. In XML file:

<EditText
    ...
    android:editable="false"
    android:inputType="none" />

In Java-code:

txtDay.setOnClickListener(onOnClickEvent);
txtDay.setOnFocusChangeListener(onFocusChangeEvent);

private View.OnClickListener onOnClickEvent = new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
        dpDialog.show();
    }
};
private View.OnFocusChangeListener onFocusChangeEvent = new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        if (hasFocus)
            dpDialog.show();
    }
};

Answer 3

The keyboard seems to pop up when the EditText gains focus. To prevent this, set focusable to false:

<EditText
    ...
    android:focusable="false"
    ... />

This behavior can vary on different manufacturers' Android OS flavors, but on the devices I've tested I have found this to to be sufficient. If the keyboard still pops up, using hints instead of text seems to help as well:

myEditText.setText("My text");    // instead of this...
myEditText.setHint("My text");    // try this

Once you've done this, your on click listener should work as desired:

myEditText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {...});

Answer 4

If you use OnClick action on EditText like:

java:

mEditInit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.date_init);
mEditInit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        showDialog(DATEINIT_DIALOG);
    }

});

or kotlin:

editTextChooseDate.setOnClickListener {
        showDialog(DATEINIT_DIALOG)
    }

So, it will work perfectly if you put into xml of your EditText the following lines:

android:inputType="none"
android:focusable="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"

For example:

<EditText
            android:id="@+id/date_init" 
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text=""
            android:hint="Select Date"
            android:inputType="none"
            android:focusable="false"
            android:cursorVisible="false"/>

or for MaterialDesign

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
        android:id="@+id/layoutEditTextChooseDate"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/date_init" 
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text=""
            android:hint="Select Date"
            android:inputType="none"
            android:focusable="false"                      
            android:cursorVisible="false"/>

</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Answer 5

The problem with solutions using OnFocusChangeListener is that they interpret any focus gain as a click. This is not 100% correct: your EditText might gain focus from something else than a click.

If you strictly care about click and want to detect click consistently (regardless of focus), you can use a GestureDetector:

editText.setOnConsistentClickListener { /* do something */ }

fun EditText.setOnConsistentClickListener(doOnClick: (View) -> Unit) {
    val gestureDetector = GestureDetectorCompat(context, object : GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
        override fun onSingleTapUp(event: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
            doOnClick(this@setOnConsistentClickListener)
            return false
        }
    })

    this.setOnTouchListener { _, motionEvent -> gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(motionEvent) }
}

Answer 6

IMHO I disagree with RickNotFred's statement:

Popping a dialog when an EditText gets focus seems like a non-standard interface.

Displaying a dialog to edit the date when the use presses the an EditText is very similar to the default, which is to display a keyboard or a numeric key pad. The fact that the date is displayed with the EditText signals to the user that the date may be changed. Displaying the date as a non-editable TextView signals to the user that the date may not be changed.