EditText input is cached for auto-completion even if disabled

Question

I use an EditText widget to get user input which is sensitive, i.e., the input should not be stored for auto-completion lateron.

In the code I tried several combinations of

setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

or

setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);

or even both.

It works on almost all my test devices, except several Samsung phones and a single Sony device. For example on the Samsung Galaxy 4 the mechanism works as expceted, but the Samsung S3 ignores the EditText's configuration and presents the sensitive input for auto-completion lateron. Of course, Google's documentation does not give any information about how to reliably disable the auto-completion cache for an EditText. Any idea why this works for some devices but not for other devices? Thanks.

did you find anything on this yet? – Dhunju_likes_to_Learn Jun 23 '16 at 00:15 — Dhunju_likes_to_Learn, Jun 23 '16 at 00:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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Turn off autosuggest for EditText?

Check this link .

android:inputType="textFilter"

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Jul 09 '14 at 14:15

acid_srvnn

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You misunterstood the question. I don't want to turn of autosuggest for MY EditText. Somehow the information entered in MY EditText is cached for autosuggest of OTHER EditTexts. – EricJobs Jul 15 '14 at 09:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 17 '22 at 15:04

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Try this in your activity:

Java:

edittext.setInputType(android.text.InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);

or with the XML attribute:

android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"

edited Jan 17 '22 at 15:04

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answered Jul 09 '14 at 14:16

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EditText input is cached for auto-completion even if disabled

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