edittext with different color in android

Question

Am facing some problem with edit text, actually what I need is 1st 10 letters typed should be in red colour and the letter's typed after this should be in grey colour. I did with the colour change, the issue is when I type the 11th letter, all the previously typed 10 letter's colour is also being changed. I want to keep the 1st 10 letter's colour constant, colour should be changed only after the 10th letter. Do help me in this please.

this is my code, i want user to enter the text in live, after he enter a message of 10 letter,the 11th letter colour should be changed

Try this piece of code [link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/34961310/2183890) — Ahsan Kamal, Feb 10 '16 at 10:44
Use Spannable : Check [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1529068/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-styles-inside-a-textview) — Alexandre BOURETZ, Feb 10 '16 at 10:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '16 at 04:42

Try this code (I've tested it and works as expected):

final EditText input = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.my_edittext);
input.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) {

            Spannable spannable = input.getText();
            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(s) && s.length() > 9){
                spannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(ContextCompat.getColor(MainActivity.this, R.color.my_color_red)),
                        0, 10, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {}
    });

Thank you very much. You really did a great favour. – aadhagupta Feb 11 '16 at 04:57 — aadhagupta, Feb 11 '16 at 04:57
Best solution. Thank you! – Рома Богдан Dec 12 '19 at 12:37 — Рома Богдан, Dec 12 '19 at 12:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '16 at 10:43

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Try using Spannable

Spannable spannable = myEditText.getText();
spannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(getResources().getColor(R.color.red)), 0, 9, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

answered Feb 10 '16 at 10:43

Rohit5k2

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Am getting this error. java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: setSpan (0 ... 11) ends beyond length 0 – aadhagupta Feb 10 '16 at 11:33
You need to set text to he edit text before calling this code. Check for its length before using this code. This should be called only if length of text is >= 10. Should use a text watcher listener. – Rohit5k2 Feb 10 '16 at 11:36
editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edtext); editText.addTextChangedListener(passwordWatcher); }private final TextWatcher passwordWatcher = new TextWatcher() { public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { } public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { } public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { if(s.toString().length()>10) { editText.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.holo_blue_dark)); } } – aadhagupta Feb 11 '16 at 03:40
can u please help me out – aadhagupta Feb 11 '16 at 03:41

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 10 '16 at 10:45

Use Spannable String for this as

SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder();

SpannableString redSpannable= new SpannableString("yourstring");
redSpannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, 11, 0);
builder.append(redSpannable);

SpannableString whiteSpannable= new SpannableString("next string");
whiteSpannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.WHITE), 11, 20, 0);
builder.append(whiteSpannable);

editText.setText(builder, BufferType.SPANNABLE);

i need the user to enter the text, i want a edit text not text view. text should be entered manually. — aadhagupta, Feb 11 '16 at 03:42

edittext with different color in android

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