How to empty edittext without setText(“”);

Question

Is there a way to reset the edittext value without setting text like:

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId)).setText(\"\");

EDI

Answer 1

I had a case where a Samsung device was not blanking out text with setText(""), so I used:

String BLANK = "\u0020"; // space character

setText (BLANK);

and it worked this way. It may have been a font issue.

Answer 2

if anyone is finding the selected answer not working please try with

editText.post(() -> editText.getText().clear());

or

editText.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                editText.getText().clear();
            }
        });

Answer 3

Another option is: EditText.getText().clear(); But you'll have to cast anyway:

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId)).getText().clear();

Answer 4

you can use following way

Kotlin:

myEditText.text.clear()

Java:

EditText myEditText = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId));
myEditText.getText().clear()

Answer 5

A function for that would be:

fun setTextViewEmpty(textView: TextView){
(textView as EditText ).text.clear()   }

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