edit text field not getting edited

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I have an activity which has an EditText and a Button. The data in the EditText is not editable in the beginning, but it becomes editable when the Button is pressed.I have tried using android:editable="false" in the xml layout , but it is not working. Can somebody help me with this?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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editText.setEnabled(true); or editText.setEnabled(false);

if cant works then Editable false

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered May 31 '12 at 18:26

Samir Mangroliya

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Emmanuel Sys · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-01T19:06:08.557

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You need to first set the TextEdit editable property to false in your xml layout :

<EditText
    ...
    android:id="@+id/input"
    android:clickable="false" />

And then when the button is clicked, set the TextEdit to editable :

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    input = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.input);
    button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);

    button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            input.setClickable(true);
        }

    });
}

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answered May 31 '12 at 18:33

Emmanuel Sys

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hey there is no setEditable() functions for the edit text fields.Hoew can I do it otherwise? – user47 May 31 '12 at 18:55
Oops. Unfortunately, `editable` property is only exposed through XML Programmatically, you should use either `setEnabled` or `setFocusable` or `setClickable`. However, when using these methods, you won't be able to select and copy the text... code updated. – Emmanuel Sys Jun 01 '12 at 19:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 26 '16 at 10:10

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<EditText
    ...
    android:id="@+id/urId"
    android:clickable="True" />

This worked for me, try your luck.

edited Feb 26 '16 at 10:10

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answered Feb 26 '16 at 06:33

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– DjRaf Feb 26 '16 at 06:34
Welcome to Stack Overflow! I've edited your answer. If you want to show code here, you should indent it by 4 spaces. This automatically puts a line in `code markdown`. – S.L. Barth is on codidact.com Feb 26 '16 at 10:12

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