EditText Click not working

Question

I am going through a problem .

XML Coding

<EditText
   android:id="@+id/edt_txt_id"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:clickable="true"
   android:focusable="false"
   android:onClick="editTextClick" >
</EditText>

Java Coding

public void editTextClick(View v) {

     if (v.getId() == R.id.edt_txt_id){

        System.out.println(" edit text click");
        EditText edtxtx =(EditText)v;
        edtxtx.requestFocus();
        edtxtx.setText("");

       }
}

I want that when i click on editText then current text must be dissapperar. But when i click with

android:focusable="false"

Click event work fine but cursor is no longer at Edit-text. It means if want to enter some new Text then how could enter this new text even cursor is not at Edit-text , and if i work with

android:focusable="true"

then click event does not work. But is available for any new edit .What is problem ? I know it is silly mistake , but where , i can't figure out.Thanks in advance to all.

I think first time I saw that someone have implemented onClick Listener for EditText. By the way What you are trying to do? You should use http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.OnFocusChangeListener.html — Pankaj Kumar, Feb 07 '14 at 05:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:47

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Try this way

public void editTextClick(View v) {
        if (v.getId() == R.id.edt_txt_id) {
            System.out.println(" edit text click");
            EditText edtxtx = (EditText) v;

            edtxtx.setFocusable(true); // Add This Line And try

            edtxtx.requestFocus();
            edtxtx.setText("");

        }
    }

answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:47

Biraj Zalavadia

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do you want to implement kind of hint functionality? – Biraj Zalavadia Feb 07 '14 at 06:12
Actually this is for Custom BaseAdpter. Click event in my main Activity , in my App it contain lot of clickevent in custom dialog so i defined all these in single method in my mainActivity. I am going through this problem from last two days , at last i post this thread. Please help me to get me out of this issue. – DilAka Feb 07 '14 at 06:20
Without android:focusable="......" , program execution is not entering in if{ } block. – DilAka Feb 07 '14 at 06:23

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '14 at 06:34

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You need to implement the setonFocusChange listener for your EditText to achieve the functionality which you want.

Here is the focus listener example.

edtxtx.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
    if(hasFocus){
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "got the focus", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
           edtxtx.setText("");
    }else {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "lost the focus", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
   }
});

answered Feb 07 '14 at 06:34

GrIsHu

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Thanks for suggestion , but as i told i can't handle it in your way , i am using custom BaseAdater and i declare it as setter-getter . Click event in mainActivity . If i used as per your suggestion i am getting NullPointer Exception , because edt_xtx is not declare in my mainActivity. – DilAka Feb 07 '14 at 06:50

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 07 '20 at 06:50

I know the question was asked long back, thought my answer would help someone. I faced the same issue that editText was not focusing on click.

I had the below code to my EditText's parent layout which was blocking the keyboard.

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

Remove this and try it worked for me.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:39

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you need to set the text

change edtxtx.getText("");to

edtxtx.setText("");

answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:39

Nambi

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Sorry it is setText(""), it is my typeing mistake. – DilAka Feb 07 '14 at 05:41
But this is not my main issue.If you could help me to resolve in my main issue then i will be glad – DilAka Feb 07 '14 at 05:42

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:51

Try this

public void editTextClick(View v) {
     if (v.getId() == R.id.edt_txt_id){
        System.out.println(" edit text click");
        EditText edtxtx =(EditText)v;
        edtxtx.setFocusable(true);
        edtxtx.setText("");

     }}

After this again setFocusable(false); So that it can take click event again.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:51

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Instead of setting android:focusable="false" in xml ... write this in your code on onCreate() :

    if (EditText.hasFocus()) {
        EditText.clearFocus();
   }

answered Feb 07 '14 at 05:51

Amresh

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 02 '18 at 02:57

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Just add this attrs in your Edittext:

android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

edited Aug 02 '18 at 02:57

Stephen Rauch

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answered Aug 02 '18 at 02:39

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