Make EditText behave as a TextView in code

Question

How to make an EditText look like a TextView that is done in Java but not in XML..

I have seen how to do it using xml file like

style=\"@android:styl         


        

Answer 1

Make EditText behave as a TextView in code

try this In your layout, set:

    <EditText
          android:id="@+id/editTextPassword"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
          android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
          android:inputType="none"
          android:imeOptions="actionDone"
          android:enabled="false"
          style="?android:attr/textViewStyle" />

Answer 2

EditText is a subclass of TextView - so except for editing, what applies to TextView applies to EditText as well.

Answer 3

Make EditText behave as a TextView in code

try this

        android:longClickable="false"
        android:clickable="false"    
        android:cursorVisible="false"
        android:editable="false"

Answer 4

Just add an border to EditText : First Of all add an border.xml in Resources/Drawable

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
  <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
  <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#000000"/>
</shape>

Second step : add android:background="@drawable/border" to TextView

 <TextView
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:inputType="date"
                    android:layout_column="1"
                    android:id="@+id/dateFromTextView"
                    android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/border"
                    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:gravity="center" />

Answer 5

add below two line into your edittext xml:

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

Answer 6

Well I know this was a very old question, but I have to do this one of my apps and came up with a simple approach deduced from all the answers from Google/stack overflow. Suppose u want to make a edit text look like a text view and on button click make it editable, the procedure is as follows:

In your layout, set:

 <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/txt_postContent"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:gravity="top|left"
        android:text="This is a dummy text "
        android:layout_below="@+id/img_empimage"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:enabled="false"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        style="?android:attr/textViewStyle" />

And in your .java set the color of the text by:

yourEditText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));

before entering the onClick of button. And in the onClick of button:

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)               getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(postContent, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);//shows   keyboard
int position = postContent.length();
Editable text = postContent.getText();
yourEditText.setBackground(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.border));//shows a border around your text view making it look like a edit text
yourEditTex.setEnabled(true);//enables the edit text which we disabled in layout file
yourEditTex.setCursorVisible(true);
Selection.setSelection(text,position-1);`//places the cursor at the end of the text

Now to make the edit text show again as a textView, on the onClick of another button:

String s = postContent.getText().toString();
yourEditText.setText(s);
yourEditText.setEnabled(false);
yourEditText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));
yourEditText.setBackground(null);`

My answer covers two or three questions combined, but I hope it'll be helpful.