Soft keyboard for numbers that allows entering letters

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Is there an InputType for (default) Android soft keyboards that is targeted at entering numbers but also allows entering letters?

This would be for an input fields like the house number, that most of the time contains only numbers, but sometimes also letters.

On iOS, there is UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation that displays the normal keyboard, but with the page that contains the numbers; you can then switch back to the letter page.

possible duplicate of [How do I default to numeric keyboard on EditText without forcing numeric input?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6153796/how-do-i-default-to-numeric-keyboard-on-edittext-without-forcing-numeric-input) — krossovochkin, Sep 25 '15 at 13:15
possible duplicate of [EditText with number keypad by default, but allowing alphabetic characters](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3544214/edittext-with-number-keypad-by-default-but-allowing-alphabetic-characters) — Michael Schmid, Sep 29 '15 at 18:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '15 at 13:16

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There is no such things in Android.

You should take a lokk at the official documentation : InputType

answered Sep 25 '15 at 13:16

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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InputType TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_POSTAL_ADDRESS seems closest to what you need.

if you want to start with a numeric keyboard initially and then want to switch to qwerty this answer might help you.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Sep 25 '15 at 14:01

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Soft keyboard for numbers that allows entering letters

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