androidandroid-edittextdecimal-point

Decimal separator comma (',') with numberDecimal inputType in EditText

The inputType numberDecimal in EditText uses the dot . as decimal separator. In Europe it's common to use a comma , instead. Even though my locale is set as german the decimal separator is still the .

Is there a way to get the comma as decimal separator?

Solution

  • A workaround (until Google fix this bug) is to use an EditText with android:inputType="numberDecimal" and android:digits="0123456789.,".

    Then add a TextChangedListener to the EditText with the following afterTextChanged:

    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
    double doubleValue = 0;
    if (s != null) {
        try {
            doubleValue = Double.parseDouble(s.toString().replace(',', '.'));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            //Error
        }
    }
    //Do something with doubleValue
}