Prefilled text in edittext

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I want to add a prefilled text like country code in an edittext for mobile number. Prefilled text should be uneditable. I have tried it by overriding onSelectionChanged(). Is there any better solution?

    final EditText editText = new EditText(this){
        int prevSelection;
        @Override
        protected void onSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd) {
            if(selStart < 4){
                setSelection(prevSelection);
                return;
            }
            prevSelection = selStart;
        }
    };

Post your onSelectionChanged() code, because it should work (you basically want to have a prefix, right?) — shkschneider, Sep 23 '15 at 08:28
I want a part of text which is pre-filled like country code non editable and rest to be editable. — Kamal, Sep 23 '15 at 08:30
duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14195207/put-constant-text-inside-edittext-which-should-be-non-editable-android — Breavyn, Sep 23 '15 at 08:34
if that is the case take another `TextView` before `EditText` . at end it is not editable — N J, Sep 23 '15 at 08:34

cw fei · Answer 1 · 2015-09-23T08:34:13.957

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Is this what you want?

editText.setText("This is a prefilled text"); // This to set prefilled text
editText.setFocusable(false);                 // This disable editing

OR

editText.setHint("This is sample country code"); // this is the hint

Hint is something like this:

edited Sep 23 '15 at 08:34

answered Sep 23 '15 at 08:30

cw fei

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I think he just wants a prefix to always be there, and not the disable edition. – shkschneider Sep 23 '15 at 08:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '15 at 08:56

try this

final EditText editText = new EditText(this){
        int prevSelection;
        @Override
        protected void onSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd) {
            if (!editText.getText().toString().startsWith("pre filled text")){
                editText.setText("pre filled text" + editText.getText().toString());
            }

        }
    };

The function will check if the EditText start with the "preFilled" text, if not it will add it to the beginning of the EditText

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '15 at 09:00

Implement android.text.TextWatcher in the Activity or Fragment containing the EditText.

In the afterTextChanged method add the country code to the beginning of the text.

It would be good to check if the country code is already filled in before adding it. Be careful not to end in an infinite loop here.

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 04 '18 at 11:59

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Try to use this:

 editText.setText("country code" + editText.getText().toString());

edited Sep 04 '18 at 11:59

Eric Aya

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answered Sep 04 '18 at 11:46

Gourav Samre

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Prefilled text in edittext

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