EditText cursor becomes invisible in JellyBean

Question

In my app, I have an edit text with properties:

android:inputType="none" and android:textIsSelectable="true".

It's because I have defined my own buttons to enter input (buttons, not custom keyboard). I have used

editText.requestFocus()

to make the cursor visible. Upto to android 4.0.4, the cursor is visible and not in phones running Jelly Bean. The cursor isn't visible but I'm able touch and enter text between characters ( using editText.getSelectionStart() ).

What has changed in Jelly Bean? How do I make the cursor visible?

Edit: android:cursorVisible="true" isn't helping.

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '13 at 06:25

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Removing android:textIsSelectable="true (text is selectable even without this)

and adding

android:textCursorDrawable="@null" fixed the issue.

answered Aug 24 '13 at 06:25

Frozen Crayon

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The cursor could be invisible because it blends with the background colour. The `null` above forces it to use the `android:textColor` – Ujjwal Singh Dec 24 '15 at 08:15

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '13 at 14:57

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In Jellybeans, it happens if you set background to editText.

To show cursor in editText, just use android:textCursorDrawable="@null" and android:textColor="@color/someColor"

answered Aug 25 '13 at 14:57

Shrikant Ballal

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:03

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Try adding the following:

android:clickable="false"

answered Aug 20 '13 at 16:03

Andre Amaral Braga

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I need to be able to set cursor. Won't this prevent that? – Frozen Crayon Aug 20 '13 at 16:08

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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Setting android:textCursorDrawable="@android:drawable/my_cursor_drawabl" as shown below.

Theme's editText style :

<item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/myEditText</item>

Following drawable to set the cursor:for android:textCursorDrawable property of edit-text

<style name="myEditText" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.EditText">
    <item name="android:background">@android:drawable/editbox_background_normal</item>
    <item name="android:textCursorDrawable">@android:drawable/my_cursor_drawable</item>
    <item name="android:height">45sp</item>
</style>

check this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Aug 24 '13 at 05:49

kyogs

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I have added the – Frozen Crayon Aug 24 '13 at 05:59

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 21 '15 at 20:02

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Remove the background attribute from the parent. e.g android:background="#FFFFFF"

answered Feb 21 '15 at 20:02

Sahil Jain

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EditText cursor becomes invisible in JellyBean

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