How to get selected text from edittext in android?

Question

I have a edittext in which some text are selected . I want to get only selected text from edittext on click of button .

Please suggest me usable link or sample code.

[Have a look at this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8909122/593709) — Adil Soomro, Apr 09 '12 at 08:39

score 34 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 14 '13 at 08:30

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EditText et=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit);

int startSelection=et.getSelectionStart();
int endSelection=et.getSelectionEnd();

String selectedText = et.getText().toString().substring(startSelection, endSelection);

edited Aug 14 '13 at 08:30

Mirco Widmer

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answered Apr 09 '12 at 08:37

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after it if u want to check whether selectedtext is empty or not. you must use isEmpty function . – Sushant Bhatnagar Apr 09 '12 at 08:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '21 at 05:13

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Kotlin

val startSelection: Int = editText.selectionStart
val endSelection: Int = editText.selectionEnd

val selectedText: String = editText.text.substring(startSelection, endSelection)

answered May 15 '21 at 05:13

Induwara Rajapaksha

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 09 '12 at 08:43

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getSelectionStart()
getSelectionEnd()

see this link

answered Apr 09 '12 at 08:43

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How to get selected text from edittext in android?

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