How to enable suggestions in an edittext programmatically?

Question

I have disabled the suggestions on my EditText when a certain character limit is reached using

mEditQuestionBox.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

I, however, need the suggestions capability back if the user were to press backspace and type again. Help?

Essentially It boils down to this. Is there an InputType available to enable the suggestions again? If not, can anyone think of a workaround?

InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT brings the suggestions back up! – Nairiya Aug 24 '15 at 10:44 — Nairiya, Aug 24 '15 at 10:44

harshitpthk · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-24T10:45:00.763

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implement onTextChanged() according to your need in addTextChangeListener on EditText.

mEditQuestionBox.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
            if(s.length()< threshold){
                mEditQuestionBox.setInputType(InputType. TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
            }
            if(s.length()>= threshold){
                mEditQuestionBox.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

        }
    });

edited Aug 24 '15 at 10:45

answered Aug 24 '15 at 10:14

harshitpthk

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I'm sorry, I just need the suggestions to come back up. How does this help? – Nairiya Aug 24 '15 at 10:17
in the onTextChanged measure the length of CharSequence "s" if it is less than the limit you set previously, you remove the flag you put. wait ill put the edited version – harshitpthk Aug 24 '15 at 10:19
That's the question, how do I remove the flag once I've set it. – Nairiya Aug 24 '15 at 10:21
Auto complete flag doesn't bring the suggestions back. Can you think of something else? – Nairiya Aug 24 '15 at 10:29
Try InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT, if this doesn't work probably use AutoCompleteTextView it would provide better control. – harshitpthk Aug 24 '15 at 10:33
CLASS_TEXT works. You can update your answer, I'll then upvote it. :) – Nairiya Aug 24 '15 at 10:43
What is threshold because from the code it is unknow and will come with error – TheCoderGuy Dec 13 '18 at 22:08

How to enable suggestions in an edittext programmatically?

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