How to prevent user from entering data in Edittext and enable Edittext to get data only from Dialog?

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My requirement is that when user clicks on edittext, a dialog should pop up enabling the user to select one of the values from lit.

The above portion has been accomplished.

I do not want user to enter/edit any other value than values given in list in dialog. I want user to select only the values given in list in dialog.

I am facing the problem in accomplishing this part.

Please help.Many thanks in advance.

Regards, Pawan

Use a spinner(drop down list) instead of edittext according to your requirement. — Jamil, Mar 02 '15 at 18:31
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6066095/how-to-prevent-keyboard-appearing-for-edittext-that-is-not-enabled?rq=1 — Jamil, Mar 02 '15 at 18:36
@Softcoder I will try the solution given in link and will let u know.Thanks — Pawan Madan, Mar 02 '15 at 18:39
instead of edittext take one textview and add a spinner to it , when clicking on spinner list item change texview text(using settext) to spinner item value. — priyanka morisetti, Mar 03 '15 at 07:19
If my answer worked for you, it would be nice to accept it (check mark on the left of my answer) :-) — Jonas Czech, Mar 04 '15 at 15:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

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See This answer.

From the link:

Add android:focusable="false" to your EditText. And set OnClickListener to that EditText. The click on that Edittext triggers the onClick() method but it can't be edited.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

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answered Mar 02 '15 at 18:58

Jonas Czech

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '15 at 07:05

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How about setting inputtype of EditText to null?

Programatically:

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

XML:

android:inputType="none"

The edtText.setText(String) method will still work normally.

answered Mar 03 '15 at 07:05

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 04 '15 at 04:00

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Setting android:focusable="false" worked for me. It will not enable user to edit data and force him to select from list in dialog.

Thanks @JonasCz for answer

answered Mar 04 '15 at 04:00

Pawan Madan

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How to prevent user from entering data in Edittext and enable Edittext to get data only from Dialog?

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