Get numeric soft keypad on beginning in EditText and make it normal alpha keypad after typing space in android

Question

I want to have a soft input keyboard when I click an EditText. I want the keyboard such that it is numeric at beginning, but when user press space, it becomes normal alpha keyboard. I read an answer about this and they say: Use:

 yourEditText.setRawInputType(Configuration.KEYBOARD_QWERTY);

But in some phones, the space button is not present in keyboard. Any idea? Thanks.

You mean in some phones in numeric mode space button not present? — Saman Gholami, Dec 06 '13 at 07:36

Avijit · Answer 1 · 2013-12-06T07:40:56.783

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Add this line in yout edittext in xml:

android:inputType="number"

Edited:

add these in onTextChanged listener editText:

if((event.getAction()==KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)&&(key == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SPACE)){

   InputMethodManager m = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
  if(m != null){
      m.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
   } 
}

edited Dec 06 '13 at 07:40

answered Dec 06 '13 at 07:32

Avijit

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What is the event here?? – berserk Dec 07 '13 at 09:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '13 at 07:38

use TextWatcher, when you detect space, change to normal keyboard layout.

onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count)
{
 String inputText = s.toString();
  // to detect space in String see http://stackoverflow.com/a/4067825/1008278
  if(spaceAvailable)
  {
        changeLayout();
  }

}

Get numeric soft keypad on beginning in EditText and make it normal alpha keypad after typing space in android

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