androidandroid-edittextandroid-custom-viewandroid-inputtype

InputType has no effect on a custom EditText


I created this custom view extended from AppCompatEditText :

    public class NoteEditText extends AppCompatEditText {

    // INTERFACES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public interface OnKeyPreImeListener {
        void onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event);
    }


    // ATTRIBUTES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    private MovementMethod movementMethod;
    private KeyListener keyListener;
    private OnKeyPreImeListener onKeyPreImeListener;


    // CONSTRUCTORS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public NoteEditText(Context context) {
        super(context);

        this.movementMethod = this.getMovementMethod();
        this.keyListener = this.getKeyListener();
    }

    public NoteEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);

        this.movementMethod = this.getMovementMethod();
        this.keyListener = this.getKeyListener();
    }

    public NoteEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

        this.movementMethod = this.getMovementMethod();
        this.keyListener = this.getKeyListener();
    }


    // SETTERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public void setOnKeyPreImeListener(OnKeyPreImeListener onKeyPreImeListener) {
        this.onKeyPreImeListener = onKeyPreImeListener;
    }


    // METHODS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public void enable() {
        this.setMovementMethod(this.movementMethod);
        this.setKeyListener(this.keyListener);
        this.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
        this.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
        this.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
    }

    public void disable() {
        this.setMovementMethod(null);
        this.setKeyListener(null);
    }

    public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if (this.onKeyPreImeListener != null)
            this.onKeyPreImeListener.onKeyPreIme(keyCode, event);

        return true;
    }

}

I call it like this :

    <com.company.adapters.items.NoteEditText
    android:id="@+id/note"
    style="@style/AppTheme.SubItem"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/content_margin_xs"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:hint=""
    android:imeOptions="actionDone"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences|textNoSuggestions"
    android:minHeight="@dimen/content_subitem_height"
    android:visibility="gone"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/note_icon"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/name" />

It works well, except the "textMultiLine|textCapSentences|textNoSuggestions" inputTypes. Neither "textCapSentences" nor "textNoSuggestions" are applied, although "textMultiLine" is working.

If I use the exact same configuration but with the original EditText view, all the inputTypes work... very strange.


Solution

  •     this.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
    

    From your enable function. This is overriding the input type.