Setting EditText to single line makes it lose its focus after pressing enter

Question

I use an EditText in my code and compare its content to a string when clicking on a button. Unfortunately doing this with the enter key through onKey causes problems because enter creates a line break. I used:

setSingleLine(true);

to prevent this. But now pressing enter leads to the EditText losing its focus. Why does it behave like this and how do I fix it?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '13 at 12:54

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Try using this android:lines="1" in your layout xml for EditText.

This will consider the Enter Key as new line and focus will not loose. Although existing text might not be visible due to only one line, as it moved upword and get hidden.

answered Dec 10 '13 at 12:54

umair.ali

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Thank you, using this instead of setSingleLine(true) does the trick! – user3086884 Dec 10 '13 at 12:58
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I agree. Of course I will mark this, but the system didn't yet allow me to do so. Thanks again :) – user3086884 Dec 10 '13 at 13:05
This answer does not prevent the line break. Is there no way to prevent the line break while keeping the focus? – Lionet Chen Jan 07 '19 at 07:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 15:08

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Set the EditText as the next focus of itself:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/input"
    ...
    android:imeOptions="actionNext"
    android:nextFocusForward="@+id/input"
    android:singleLine="true" />

answered Oct 06 '15 at 15:08

iamkaan

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Didn't worked dude. I am testing my app on Nexus 5 - Android-M 6.1.1 – ARK May 23 '16 at 14:23

Setting EditText to single line makes it lose its focus after pressing enter

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