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ANDROIDEDITTEXTCONTROL
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AEditTextisanoverlayoverTextViewthatconfiguresitselftobeeditable.Itisthe
predefinedsubclassofTextViewthatincludesricheditingcapabilities.

Stylesofedittext
EditTextAttributes
FollowingaretheimportantattributesrelatedtoEditTextcontrol.YoucancheckAndroidofficial
documentationforcompletelistofattributesandrelatedmethodswhichyoucanusetochangethese
attributesareruntime.
Inheritedfromandroid.widget.TextViewClass

Attribute

Description

android:autoText

Ifset,specifiesthatthisTextViewhasatextualinputmethodand
automaticallycorrectssomecommonspellingerrors.

android:drawableBottom

Thisisthedrawabletobedrawnbelowthetext.

android:drawableRight

Thisisthedrawabletobedrawntotherightofthetext.

android:editable

Ifset,specifiesthatthisTextViewhasaninputmethod.

android:text

ThisistheTexttodisplay.

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Inheritedfromandroid.view.ViewClass

Attribute

Description

android:background

Thisisadrawabletouseasthebackground.

android:contentDescription

Thisdefinestextthatbrieflydescribescontentoftheview.

android:id

Thissuppliesanidentifiernameforthisview,

android:onClick

ThisisthenameofthemethodinthisView'scontexttoinvokewhen
theviewisclicked.

android:visibility

Thiscontrolstheinitialvisibilityoftheview.

Example
ThisexamplewilltakeyouthroughsimplestepstoshowhowtocreateyourownAndroidapplication
usingLinearLayoutandEditText.

Step

Description

YouwilluseAndroidstudioIDEtocreateanAndroidapplicationandnameitasdemounder
apackagecom.example.demoasexplainedintheHelloWorldExamplechapter.

Modifysrc/MainActivity.javafiletoaddaclickevent.

Modifythedefaultcontentofres/layout/activity_main.xmlfiletoincludeAndroidUI
control.

Definerequirednecessarystringconstantsinres/values/strings.xmlfile

RuntheapplicationtolaunchAndroidemulatorandverifytheresultofthechangesdonein
theapplication.

Followingisthecontentofthemodifiedmainactivityfile
src/com.example.demo/MainActivity.java.Thisfilecanincludeeachofthefundamentallifecycle
methods.




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Followingwillbethecontentofres/layout/activity_main.xmlfile
<RelativeLayout







>

<TextView







/>

<Button

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/>

<EditText







/>
</RelativeLayout>

Followingwillbethecontentofres/values/strings.xmltodefinethesenewconstants








FollowingisthedefaultcontentofAndroidManifest.xml
























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Let'strytorunyourdemoapplication.IassumeyouhadcreatedyourAVDwhiledoingenvironment
setup.ToruntheappfromAndroidstudio,openoneofyourproject'sactivityfilesandclickRun
iconfromthetoolbar.AndroidStudioinstallstheapponyourAVDandstartsitandifeverythingisfine
withyoursetupandapplication,itwilldisplayfollowingEmulatorwindow

Exercise
IwillrecommendtotryaboveexamplewithdifferentattributesofEditTextinLayoutXMLfileaswell
atprogrammingtimetohavedifferentlookandfeeloftheEditText.Trytomakeiteditable,changeto
fontcolor,fontfamily,width,textSizeetcandseetheresult.Youcanalsotryaboveexamplewith
multipleEditTextcontrolsinoneactivity.

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