EditTextPreference single line

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Is there anyway to make an EditTextPreference single line? I think that there is no property by default, that can do that. Is necessary to rewrite the object? Anyone have this done?

Please note: Even if the input field is single line, you still need to check for newlines in the text, if they are not allowed in your data. The reason is, that a multi line text which was copied from elsewhere and then pasted into the single line edit field, will display as one line, but will still contain the newline character. — user2808624, Mar 11 '20 at 16:27

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Maybe android:singleLine="true" in the layout :

restrict edittext to single line

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Mar 12 '13 at 19:50

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No idea why this answer and the one from CommonsWare was down-voted. This worked perfectly for me (2.3.3). See the Class Overview in [the docs](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/preference/EditTextPreference.html). – William Carter May 02 '13 at 15:06
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Because it doesn't work in the latest version of Android. – Mitch Jan 14 '19 at 08:31

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 12 '19 at 14:27

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The following code works now with androidx.preferences >= 1.1.0-alpha01:

        EditTextPreference author_name_pref = findPreference(getString(R.string.author_name_key));
        if (author_name_pref != null) {
            author_name_pref.setOnBindEditTextListener(new EditTextPreference.OnBindEditTextListener() {
                @Override
                public void onBindEditText(@NonNull EditText editText) {
                    editText.setSingleLine();
                }
            });
        }

answered Apr 12 '19 at 14:27

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This is indeed the correct answer for androidx. Kotlin style it looks less messy: `preferenceScreen.findPreference("the_key")?.setOnBindEditTextListener { it.setSingleLine() }` – Zap Aug 25 '19 at 17:03
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It can be made shorter in java 8 too: `EditTextPreference pref = findPreference("the_key"); if (pref != null) { pref.setOnBindEditTextListener(TextView::setSingleLine);}` – fattire Oct 25 '19 at 01:17
and put this code inside `onBindPreferences` override. – user -1 Jan 02 '20 at 02:51

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 12 '13 at 19:49

You can obtain EditText which backs up your EditTextPreference by calling getEditText(). And then do whatever you like with it, like with regular EditText:

EditTextPreference pref=new EditTextPreference(context);
EditText editText=pref.getEditText();
editText.setSingleLine(true);

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 12 '13 at 20:49

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<EditTextPreference> supports the attributes available for <EditText>, and so you should be able to use android:inputMode and such to control the behavior of the EditText widget.

answered Mar 12 '13 at 20:49

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EditTextPreference single line

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