Remove blue cursor pointer in EditText in Android

Question

In my android application I am using EditText.

In that EditText I don't want to show blue cursor pointer as shown in below figure : -

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Reason for doing so is that user can not enter pasted data in EditText and allow user to enter text manualy.

Kindly provide me solution.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT : When user clicks on blue pointer hint option is shown.

please refer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12910305/android-how-do-i-stop-a-pointer-appearing-below-an-edittext — Arya, Feb 28 '14 at 11:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 11:29

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Add the following line to Edittext xml...

android:cursorVisible="false"

If you want to disable the cursor programatically then...

editText.setCursorVisible(false)

answered Feb 28 '14 at 11:29

Hamid Shatu

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I don't want to hide cursor.I only want to hide blue cursor indicator below cursor as shown in figure. – void Feb 28 '14 at 11:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Reason for doing so is that user can not enter pasted data in EditText and allow user to enter text manualy.

Actually you want to disable the copy/paste option in your EditText. The blue cursor is a system helper that allows user to move the cursor so quickly. To disable copy/paste you must prevent the context menu appearing by setting a Custom CallBack using setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback()

Solution : How to disable copy/paste from/to EditText

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Feb 28 '14 at 11:33

Sankar V

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The cursor still shows with this approach, and clicking on the cursor pointer results in the "Paste" menu appearing, which it appears that the OP wants to avoid. – CJBS Jan 08 '15 at 00:48

Remove blue cursor pointer in EditText in Android

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