How to restrict the user to enter more than 5 lines in edit text?

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I am developing an android application with some forms. Here in my input fields description section should not allow the user to enter more than 5 lines.I am not getting how to prevent the user to enter more than 5 lines in edit text field. I already tried android:maxLines=5 and android:lines=5. But those are not giving my functionality. could any one please suggest a way to stop entering more than 5 lines in edit text.

Thanks in advance

Check this question here: [EditText maxLines not working - user can still input more lines than set](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7092961/edittext-maxlines-not-working-user-can-still-input-more-lines-than-set). See the answer by _Indrek Kõue_. — Siddharth Lele, Feb 11 '13 at 07:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '13 at 07:19

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Validate the field when the user tries to submit it. Use a prompt to notify the user of the required length.

answered Feb 11 '13 at 07:19

Montycarlo

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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android:maxLines and android:lines limits the number of visible lines, android:maxLines=5 expands the edittext up to 5 lines, and android:lines=5 creates a span of 5 lines.

if you want to limit the length of the input you need to use the android:maxLength=5 as shown in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3285421/1056359

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Feb 11 '13 at 07:20

thepoosh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 11 '13 at 07:26

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mmm, i think this need more calculations depending on font size and the line width, so in this case i prefer just to set the maxLength attribute to like 100 character, otherwise you need to calculate the current text size while user typing into it.

answered Feb 11 '13 at 07:26

Mohammad Ersan

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How to restrict the user to enter more than 5 lines in edit text?

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