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Select all text inside EditText when it gets focus

I have an EditText with some dummy text in it. When the user clicks on it I want it to be selected so that when the user starts typing the dummy text gets deleted.

How can I achieve this?

Solution

  • You can try in your main.xml file:

    android:selectAllOnFocus="true"

    Or, in Java, use

    editText.setSelectAllOnFocus(true);