How to programmatically hide/disable emoticons on Android soft keyboard

Question

Is it possible to hide a specific keyboard button? I have an EditText and on some devices its keyboard has smiley faces while on other devices it is missing. I want to hide it on all devices.

Below is the XML for my EditText:

android:id="@+id/text_editor"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignWithParentIfMissing="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/send_side"
android:hint="Enter your text"
android:imeOptions="actionSend|flagNoEnterAction"
android:inputType="textLongMessage|textAutoCorrect|textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
android:maxLength="1000"
android:maxLines="3"
android:nextFocusRight="@+id/send_button"
android:padding="12dp"
android:textSize="13sp"

Is this possible?

No, as far as I know you cannot selectively hide keyboard buttons. Setting the inputType is all you can do but its up to the keyboard apps what they do with the inputType. — Xaver Kapeller, May 09 '14 at 09:16

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 21 '20 at 08:38

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I found something in "Disabling smiley key on keyboards with the stock messaging app in ICS".

You need to remove the textLongMessage option from the inputType.

You will still have the ":-)" button on most keyboards, but not the emoji.

edited Jan 21 '20 at 08:38

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answered May 09 '14 at 11:34

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Any other way to even hide that also?? – Aditi Parikh Oct 24 '16 at 06:42

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 13 '20 at 11:46

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(For completeness sake)

This solution is for people who need to have textview without the smiley on their soft keyboard. @Adrian's solution, to use email address type, works but it will show unnecessary '@' and '.com' buttons on your keyboard. I tried several combinations of InputType and the best solution IMHO is this:

mTextView.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);

Original Keyboard:

Resulting keyboard:

edited Jan 13 '20 at 11:46

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answered Sep 14 '16 at 12:59

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this removes textAutoCorrect and textCapSentences functionality – Karn Patel Nov 09 '16 at 00:12
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It is working with portrait mode. In landscape mode, Emoji button is showing me – Ankita Shah Dec 23 '16 at 06:40
Worked for me, Thanks – Ahsanwarsi Apr 14 '17 at 14:04
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Be careful of not only it disables auto-suggestion, but it also hides the switch language completely. Also internationalization character in email address are permitted by RFC 6530. – 林果皞 Jul 22 '18 at 05:14
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In xml ```android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"``` – nAkhmedov Apr 08 '20 at 08:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '15 at 14:18

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This worked for me on Android 4.4.2

android:inputType="textEmailAddress|textMultiLine"

answered Jan 19 '15 at 14:18

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@HopefullyHelpful Did you find the answer? It is not working for me too in android 5 – I.d007 Dec 31 '18 at 09:56

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 20 '20 at 21:45

From Petr Daña in a similar question... This enables autocomplete and disables all the smileys.

InputFilter filter = new InputFilter() {
@Override
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
    for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
        int type = Character.getType(source.charAt(i));
        //System.out.println("Type : " + type);
        if (type == Character.SURROGATE || type == Character.OTHER_SYMBOL) {
            return "";
        }
    }
    return null;
    }
};

mMessageEditText.setFilters(new InputFilter[]{filter});

Refer to "How to detect emoticons in EditText in android".

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 03 '22 at 04:14

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I tried @Adrian's solution, but it has "@" and ".com" keys. I just need a field that can take user's name. I got my solution by combining textVisiblePassword and textNoSuggestions:

android:inputType="textVisiblePassword|textNoSuggestions"

edited Jan 03 '22 at 04:14

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answered Mar 29 '19 at 13:32

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If a password manager is installed on the Android device it will show a pop on any field marked as "textVisiblePassword". I saw this on an Android 8 device and the app "Keypass2Android". – Peter F May 02 '19 at 14:33

Gladis Wilson · Answer 6 · 2020-01-21T06:58:42.953

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mEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD| TEXT_MULTILINE);

edited Jan 21 '20 at 06:58

answered Jan 20 '20 at 09:57

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Please provide some context for this code snippet, and perhaps some explanation of why it improves on the other answers posted over the last 6 years. – miken32 Jan 20 '20 at 19:34
TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD - We use Password char as Text input for EditTest. It doesn't have emojis and email keys like .com and @ keys TEXT_MULTILINE - This will change the keyboard layout button [Done] or [->] to [Enter] key so we can use multi line text or new line feature. – Gladis Wilson Jan 21 '20 at 06:59

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