How to enable cursor for EditText android

Question

How to enable cursor for EditText if we already hide the soft keyboard. i done my code like that cursor blinking but cursor can't not perform cut/copy/paste and deleting character action.

I enable only cursor i done by using this code

EditText mEt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.xEt);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {

     mEt.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
     mEt.setTextIsSelectable(true);

} else {

    mEt.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
    mEt.setFocusable(true);

}

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '15 at 05:12

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Briefly, all you have to do is call:

editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);

for your EditText view (after you called ).

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

You should probably also set:

editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

answered Sep 19 '15 at 05:12

android_softy

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same result not change by using .setTextIsSelectable(true); – Attaullah Sep 19 '15 at 05:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You can achieve this by using :

Edittext.setSelection(Edittext.length());

this will put the cursor position in the end. otherwise you can get the text in a string and check the text position where you want to put the cursor and do it like this

String text = edittext.gettext.tostring()

for(int i = 0; i <text.length();i++)
{
//your logic here to check the position of text
}

and then

Edittext.setSelection(position);

Reference link

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

Community

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answered Sep 19 '15 at 06:05

Kalu Singh Rao

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actually i need default clipboard that appear on top of where EditText or copy text.. – Attaullah Sep 19 '15 at 06:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 19 '15 at 06:34

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You can use it :-)

editText.setCursorVisible(true);

Happy Coding :-)

answered Sep 19 '15 at 06:34

android_softy

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How to enable cursor for EditText android

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