Make EditText editable programmatically

Question

I have a layout with one textView and one EditText and a button. EditText is made as non editable in xml file. I want to make it enabled via code.

 <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Name"
        android:id="@+id/textView12"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
         />

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/etName"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView12"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:editable="false"
        />
    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/edit"
        android:onClick="edit"
        android:id="@+id/btnName"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/660151/how-to-replicate-androideditable-false-in-code — Sagar Nayak, Mar 08 '16 at 14:19
check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3928711/how-to-make-edittext-not-editable-through-xml-in-android/6174440#6174440) answer — ELITE, Mar 08 '16 at 14:21

ELITE · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-18T16:03:32.600

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Remove android:editable="false" this line from android xml file as this method is deprecated in android. and use below code to do so.

Make EditText non editable using java code

In onCreate of activity do the following after setContentView() method

EditText text = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etName);
text.setTag(text.getKeyListener());
text.setKeyListener(null);

And make it editable using following code

text.setKeyListener((KeyListener) textView.getTag());

Hope it'll help.

edited Jan 18 '17 at 16:03

answered Mar 09 '16 at 05:51

ELITE

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what is stacktrace of crash?? – ELITE Jan 18 '17 at 16:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 14:36

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hey instead of editable use android:enabled="false" and in code setEnabled(true)

answered Mar 08 '16 at 14:36

Naveen Shriyan

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let me know the feedback – Naveen Shriyan Mar 08 '16 at 14:36
Hi Naveen, thanks for your valuable suggestion. But your suggestion wont work as per my requirement. I want the edittext not edittable initally, on click of an Imagebutton it need to turn as editable. As per your suggesion, initially it will be editable on loading itself. – Krishna Mar 09 '16 at 05:23
try with this combination once, android:enabled="false" android:focusable="false" and in code setEnabled(true) – Naveen Shriyan Mar 09 '16 at 05:27

Make EditText editable programmatically

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