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Nativescript: how to turn off predictions for textField on android?

So I am writing my app in typescript and I want to disable predictions which appear when you are typing something in input. I want to disable them even if they are enabled on the device. I get the reference to my input (textField) element like this, which works:

this.page.getViewById("place")

In nativescript documentation I don't see an option to turn off predictions programmatically, but I do know it can be done through native functions (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/EditText.html) with setInputType method and passing a flag TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS.

So I access the native function like this:

var input_type = new android.text.InputType("TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS");

this.page.getViewById("place").android.setInputType( input_type );

But I guess I am initializing the InputType class incorrectly, because it throws an error:

First argument must be implementation object

Solution

  • Ah, for the love of God, finally worked with this:

    this.page.getViewById<textFieldModule.TextField>("place").android.setInputType(android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS | android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);