Create a multiline EditText programmatically

Question

I am trying to create a multiline EditText by code. This is what I use:

EditText txt = new EditText(this);    
lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParam         


        

Answer 1

This should do it

txt.setSingleLine(false);
txt.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION);

Answer 2

Try this

txt.setLines(number of lines);

Answer 3

On my phone, changing imeOptions and inputType does nothing; setting movementMethod and/or scrollBarStyle will screw the component so badly so that the user will be unable to select any text; isVerticalScrollBarEnabled and isHorizontalScrollBarEnabled does nothing; the best I could do is to use

txt.setSingleLine(false);

(txt.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION); seems to be unnecessary) but that won't display any scrollbars in the god-damn EditText. Ultimately I gave up and I'm inflating a layout snippet anytime I need a multi-line EditText. Here's the layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EditText xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="4"
android:minLines="4"
android:gravity="top|start"
android:maxLines="4"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
/>

And here's Anko snippet:

fun ViewManager.multiLineEditText(@StyleRes theme: Int = 0, init: EditText.() -> Unit): EditText = ankoView(
    { ctx -> ctx.layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.util_multilineedittext, this@multiLineEditText as ViewGroup, false) as EditText }, theme, init)

Development on Android sucks so hard.

Answer 4

The combination that finally worked for me was:

answerView.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_LONG_MESSAGE);
answerView.setSingleLine(false);

At least partially I was using setInputType for configuring several different options so it made more sense than some of the other possibilities.

Answer 5

Include this in your code :

txt.setLines(maxlines);

maxlines will be the maximum number of lines you want to allow in your EditText.

Answer 6

You may also use this:

txt.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT|InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);