Digit keyboard by default but allowing alphabetic characters

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I have an EditText box and I want the default keyboard that comes up when it is selected to be the numeric keypad. However, I do want to allow users to enter alphabetic characters too. The solutions android:inputType="number" , et.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER)...etc does not work for me because restricts input to numeric digits only. Does someone know some solution??

I have tried this solution and it does not work for me – IrApp Oct 06 '15 at 13:12 — IrApp, Oct 06 '15 at 13:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Add the following line of code, and it will do the trick :)

editText.setRawInputType(Configuration.KEYBOARD_QWERTY);

This will show the the numeric keypad first, but also allows you to enter free text.

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Oct 06 '15 at 13:16

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For me it is openned the numeric keaypad and I don't have the option to change to the text keypad... :( – IrApp Oct 06 '15 at 13:27

Digit keyboard by default but allowing alphabetic characters

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