Android Edittext cursor invisible

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I have an edittext in my application that will show the cursor correctly in Froyo or Gingerbread, however in later sdks the cursor is invisible. I have found online the solution is to set the android:textCursorDrawable="@null" so that the edittext will use the font color for the cursor. However, since my minsdkversion is 8, I do not have access to that property.

Is their either a way to selectively add a property based on the sdk you are on? Or possibly a way to work around this so that I can have visible cursors on both older and newer sdk versions?

Can't you use different layout folders for the versions above `Gingerbread` where you set that property? — user, Sep 12 '12 at 18:28
@Luksprog that's probably the easiest way from what I can see. — Drake Clarris, Sep 12 '12 at 19:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '12 at 19:26

I don't know your current setup, but one way to use that property is to use different layouts folders based on various android versions. android:textCursorDrawable is a property introduced in API 12 so you could have a layout folder like layout-v12 which will be used where the API is 12 or greater. In the layouts from this folder the use of the property is valid. For lower versions, Froyo and Gingerbread, you don't have any problems so you would use a default folder, layout. In the end you'll have two layouts folder(containing the same layout files):

layout // don't need the property
layout-v12 // use the property

That leaves out API 11, I don't know if this is a deal breaker for you.

this doesn't work because eclipse will still complain about the layout-14 layout having an invalid attribute for the minsdk version. — Tim T, Oct 29 '13 at 20:21
@timT I don't get that error. Make sure you have the latest updates. — user, Oct 30 '13 at 08:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 31 '12 at 21:16

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Try setting your targetSdkVersion to API level 13 or higher to gain access to the android:textCursorDrawable property

answered Aug 31 '12 at 21:16

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

If you not has a cursor I guess the input is simple and say you only can enter new chars at end of the text?

I think you can use a TextView and to this add you own KeyListener? But in this case you will has problem with the virtual keyboard not is show, see some of this links:

Forcing the Soft Keyboard open

android force keyboard visible

or create you own keyboard if the rang of valid keys is very limit as only digits.

Android Edittext cursor invisible

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