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EditText non editable

I'm trying to make an EditText non editable with this code:

<EditText android:id="@+id/outputResult"
          android:inputType="text"
          android:editable="false"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="@string/result" />

I had to add following line to make it non-editable

android:focusable="false"

Am I doing something wrong?

Solution

  • android:editable="false" should work, but it is deprecated, you should be using android:inputType="none" instead.

    Alternatively, if you want to do it in the code you could do this :

    EditText mEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourid);
mEdit.setEnabled(false);

    This is also a viable alternative :

    EditText mEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourid);
mEdit.setKeyListener(null);

    If you're going to make your EditText non-editable, may I suggest using the TextView widget instead of the EditText, since using a EditText seems kind of pointless in that case.

    EDIT: Altered some information since I've found that android:editable is deprecated, and you should use android:inputType="none", but there is a bug about it on android code; So please check this.