How to disable EditText in Android

Question

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

Answer 1

Set inputType attribute to none in your layout.xml file under EditText

Answer 2

Enable:

private void enableEditText() {
    mEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    mEditText.setFocusable(true);
    mEditText.setEnabled(true);
}

Disable:

private void disableEditText() {
    mEditText.setEnabled(false);
    mEditText.setFocusable(false);
    mEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
}

Answer 3

Write this in parent:

android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Example:

<RelativeLayout 
android:id="@+id/menu_2_zawezanie_rl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/menu_2_horizontalScrollView"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="@drawable/rame">

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/menu2_et"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/menu2_ibtn"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:hint="@string/filtruj" >
</EditText>
<ImageButton
    android:id="@+id/menu2_ibtn"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:background="@null"
    android:src="@drawable/selector_btn" />

Answer 4

Just set focusable property of your edittext to "false" and you are done.

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/EditTextInput"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:gravity="right"
        android:cursorVisible="true">
    </EditText>

Below options doesn't work

In code:

editText.setEnabled(false); Or, in XML: android:editable="false"

Answer 5

Edittext edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit);
edittext.setEnabled(false);

Answer 6

edittext.setFocusable(false); 
edittext.setEnabled(false);

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
  getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(edittext.getWindowToken(), 0);
  //removes on screen keyboard