How to make Alphanumeric editext in capital case in android

Question

In my application i have an edittext in which a user can Alphanumeric string. Now the point is i want that whatever the aplhanumeric or alphabetic string he types that should be converted into the capital case. For ex: if the edittext input is like:

sdhq8273dyp3

In editext when user types it should be converted to captial case

SHHQ8273DYP3

Is there any way. if in XML i am setting the Attribute android:textAllCaps="true" it is giving me the error. So how can we make the Editext aplhanumeric character to uppercase.

If any of the answers meet your expectations, mark it as an answer. — xenteros, May 18 '15 at 06:36
if you want to force user to write in uppercase letters on your edittext, you just need to add android:inputType="textCapCharacters" and your keyboard on device will set into uppercase — Sandip Lawate, Dec 17 '15 at 13:49

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '15 at 06:26

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Try

 android:capitalize="characters"
 android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

This working fine in my case.

answered May 18 '15 at 06:26

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As ** android:capitalize="characters"** is deprecated. This two lines works for me : **android:inputType="textCapCharacters" android:textAllCaps="true"** – Rozina May 23 '18 at 11:14

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '15 at 06:28

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Take a look at http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:inputMethod

You'll probably want

android:inputMethod="textCapCharacters"

answered May 18 '15 at 06:28

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '15 at 06:30

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Try this -

android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

You can even do this in your java code

edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

answered May 18 '15 at 06:30

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Cool. It seems to be a copy of my answer. – xenteros May 18 '15 at 06:35
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What a co-incidence! But you answered after me, I guess @xenteros – Narendra Singh May 18 '15 at 06:40

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 18 '15 at 06:30

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android:inputType="textCapCharacters"
edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

These two might be useful

answered May 18 '15 at 06:30

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Cool. It seems to be a copy of my answer. – Narendra Singh May 18 '15 at 06:42
It's not. Let me prove. My answer was posted before your. End of proof. – xenteros May 18 '15 at 06:57

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 18 '15 at 06:33

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You can wite this in java file.

   edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

or you can use this is xml

   android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

answered May 18 '15 at 06:33

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It is a copy of my answer. – xenteros May 18 '15 at 06:38
I was writing my answer but you posted same before me. – Ankii Rawat May 18 '15 at 06:46

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 18 '15 at 06:31

You can also set it programmatically and it is for api level 14 and above only. below it you have to manually implement it.

editText.setInputType(android.text.InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT
                   + android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS);

I found your problem. android:textAllCapsis for textview and not edittext. see here

How to make Alphanumeric editext in capital case in android

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