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Android Edit Text Some Text Always There Not Editable - Stack Overflow PDF

This document is a question posted on Stack Overflow asking how to add non-editable text to an EditText widget in Android that will always be displayed regardless of the user's input. There are two responses that provide potential solutions - one using a TextWatcher and the other programmatically checking the cursor position and length of the user's input. The question asker confirms that using an afterTextChanged listener worked as desired.

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Android Edit Text Some Text Always there not editable


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android-edittext

I want to put some custom text on EditText . Which would be non editable And always appear on edit text.When we add something on edit text my non
editable text should move forward.
Something like this should appear by default
Non editable Text

And when i type something on edit text it should appear like this
Hello World Non editable Text

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Nouman Ahmad
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Nov 20 '13 at 0:09

Cactus
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There is a programmatical approach to this. I'll write up an answer in a bit once I figure it out. But here is another way to do it: stackoverflow.com/questions/17517278/ mike yaworski
Nov 20 '13 at 1:02
could you please take a look at my answer and see if it works for you. Leave a comment with some feedback. mike yaworski Nov 20 '13 at 20:51

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The text of the EditText is "(hint)" <-- this is important because of the lengths I use

This is the code. However, the only problem seems to be that when the user backspaces, it will not put the cursor in the correct place. You can
probably fix that witht the setSelection(int) lines. I'll make an update if I figure it out.
Note: all of the Toasts are just tests so you know what is happening with the code.
{

// length of the String in the EdiText


int length = et.getText().toString().length();
// is the String of the EditText from first position to length - 6 position
// (take away the non-editable text)
String editableText = et.getText().toString().substring(0, length - 6);
int cursor = et.getSelectionStart(); // where the cursor currently is
// minSelection is the second position number of the non-editable
// text in the EditText. It's the second position because the
// cursor needs to be BEFORE it, and the comparison will be
// if the cursor is LESS than minSelection.
// so it's the length, subtract 5, because the non-editable text
// is 6 chars long. Ex: if the EditText was "test(hint)" then
// minSelection would be the position (as int) of 'h' in the String
int minSelection = length-5;
// if the user has his cursor BEFORE the non-editable text
if (cursor < minSelection)
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "good to type", 0).show();

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mike yaworski
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Thanks bro .. It worked for me ! Nouman Ahmad Nov 23 '13 at 13:52


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Maybe you can do this with addTextChangedListener with your EditText.


But be carefull:
This method is called to notify you that, somewhere within s, the text has been
changed. It is legitimate to make further changes to s from this callback, but
be careful not to get yourself into an infinite loop, because any changes you
make will cause this method to be called again recursively. (You are not told
where the change took place because other afterTextChanged() methods may already
have made other changes and invalidated the offsets

(As you can see here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10862398/2668136)


You need to read these answers:
1. Put constant text inside EditText which should be non-editable - Android
2. Android java : Update same EditText in textChanged event
3. Access edittext from textwatcher
I suppose you can getLength() of the user's input and add your String at the end of your EditText.
Hope this helpful.

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Fllo
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Nov 20 '13 at 0:45

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Nov 20 '13 at 0:51

This could definitely work. You would merely set your the inputed text + " (non editable text)" with each event. Mark Freeman Nov 20 '13 at 0:57
Thanks for your help ! It worked for me . I used afterTextChanged. And it worked just like the way i want. Nouman Ahmad Nov 23 '13 at 14:07
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