Android: Make multiline edittext scrollable, disable in vertical scroll view

I am developing an application in which i am struct at a point.

As according to my application requirement i created horizontal scrollview in xml and then vertical scrollview in .java as :

// Vertical Scroll view in Linear layout
ScrollView scrollView = new ScrollView(this);
scrollView.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));

Then i created a table view programatically and added it in scrollview. I created multiline edit text and disable it because i want to set text in it run time and added this in table view as a row..

EditText editText = new EditText(this);
editText.setId(1);
editText.setLayoutParams(new TableLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,0f));
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);
editText.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.LEFT);
editText.setHint("Comment");
editText.setSingleLine(false);
editText.setLines(5);
editText.setMaxLines(5);
editText.setText(CommentFromDB);
editText.setEnabled(false);

tableLayout.addView(editText);

// Add table in Horizontal scroll view
scrollView.addView(tableLayout);

Now i want to make edit text scrollable which i achieve by code:

editText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
        public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {
            if (view.getId() == 1) {
                view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
                switch (event.getAction()&MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK){
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                    view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                    view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                    break;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

But the edittext is not scrolling easily. I need the smooth scrolling.

How to do that please guide me.

You can do one thing.

Just make edit text focusable false. And apply on touch listener.

So user is not able to edit text and it will scroll as:

EditText editText = new EditText(this);
editText.setId(1);
editText.setLayoutParams(new TableLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,0f));
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);
editText.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.LEFT);
editText.setHint("Comment");
editText.setSingleLine(false);
editText.setLines(5);
editText.setMaxLines(5);
editText.setText(CommentFromDB);
editTextRemark.setFocusable(false);

Apply onTouchListner as:

editTextRemark.setOnTouchListener(touchListener);

and

OnTouchListener touchListener = new View.OnTouchListener(){
    public boolean onTouch(final View v, final MotionEvent motionEvent){
        if(v.getId() == 1){
            v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
            switch (motionEvent.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK){
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                    v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
};

Hope this answer will help you.

Rahul Patidar

EditText editText = findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
               public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    if (view.getId() ==R.id.common_remark) {
                        view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
                        switch (event.getAction()&MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK){
                        case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                            view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    return false;
                }
        });

And in xml add this line in EditText: