How to disable EditText in Android

Question

How can I disable typing in an EditText field in Android?

Answer 1

I think its a bug in android..It can be fixed by adding this patch :)
Check these links question 1 and question 2

Hope it will be useful.

Answer 2

Right click the text area and untick the editable option:

Answer 3

In code:

editText.setEnabled(false);

Or, in XML:

android:editable="false"

Answer 4

You can try the following method :

 private void disableEditText(EditText editText) {
    editText.setFocusable(false);
    editText.setEnabled(false);
    editText.setCursorVisible(false);
    editText.setKeyListener(null);
    editText.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT); 
 }

Enabled EditText :

Disabled EditText :

It works for me and hope it helps you.

Answer 5

try this Kotlin code,

editField.isEnabled = !editField.isEnabled

Answer 6

According to me...if you have already declared the edittext in the XML file and set the property in the XML file "android:enabled=false" and disable at runtime to it at that time in java file adding only 2 or 3 lines

1. First create the object
2. Declare EditText et1;

3. Get by id

   et1 = (EditText) FindViewById(R.id.edittext1);
et1.setEnabled(false);

You can do enable or disable to every control at run time by java file and design time by XML file.