EditText without auto-correction, etc

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My EditText needs to accept input consisting of partial words, names, etc. At least on my HTC Desire, this is difficult since the keyboard wants to suggest and/or correct some entries (e.g., changes "gor" to "for"). I tried setting textNoSuggestions on the view, but that doesn't fix it.

Any simple solution to this?

score 71 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '10 at 22:36

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Try this:

android:inputType="textFilter"

If that doesn't work, try:

android:inputType="textFilter|textNoSuggestions"

answered Sep 26 '10 at 22:36

magicman

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Doesn't work on a Nexus 5 with the last version of the Google keyboard, but it works with `textVisiblePassword`. – manfcas Nov 16 '17 at 11:29

score 66 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 02 '13 at 08:19

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You can do this from the code. Set the input type of the EditText like below:

txtEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtEmail);
txtEmail.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

For a list of all the available input type options see http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/InputType.html

edited Jul 02 '13 at 08:19

Nik Reiman

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answered May 22 '12 at 11:02

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score 38 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 10 '14 at 15:01

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The other suggestions are correct, but SwiftKey has decided it will ignore the inputtype values "in response to user requests". While I agree this is a bad idea since it contradicts the Google guidelines and developers usually have a good reason for disabling auto-correction (like username fields, family names and so on), it still is the most used keyboard application for Android devices, so this can be a big problem.

The workaround is to use either

android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"

or

.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);

answered Jan 10 '14 at 15:01

Vlad Schnakovszki

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Then be prepared to have a problem with typeface monospace. :) – Léon Pelletier Jan 30 '14 at 15:59
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Thank you for this! I confirm it works with Swiftkey, where the other solutions (textNoSuggestions and/or textFilter) did not. – BoD Jan 02 '15 at 19:43
@LéonPelletier: Please explain. – Nino van Hooff Mar 29 '16 at 14:31
Before API 16, you need to apply a transformation. On API 16+, you can set the font. Refer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3406534/password-hint-font-in-android Very old bug. Impact everything I've coded so far on Android when designing the Login screen. – Léon Pelletier Mar 29 '16 at 18:09
Swiftkey resists that and still capitalizes, but at least turns off suggestions in Swiftkey and also in Google keyboard... :( – Ferran Maylinch Apr 10 '16 at 16:50
@FerranMaylinch I am using Swiftkey and it *doesn't resist* `inputType="textVisiblePassword`, i.e. will not show prediction, if that's what you meant. Maybe you are using it together with other values. – Redoman Apr 11 '16 at 07:39
@jj_ Suggestions are turned off, yes. What it doesn't turn off is capitalization each time I start a new line. I will end up suggesting the user to switch to the stock keyboard while using my app because it's a coding app and those caps are really annoying. I see that other apps like DroidEdit suffer from the same issue. – Ferran Maylinch Apr 11 '16 at 08:35
@FerranMaylinch ah ok I see, thanks for making it clear. – Redoman Apr 11 '16 at 08:42
for swift key i use `android:inputType="textVisiblePassword|textCapSentences"` – stephen1706 Oct 13 '16 at 13:43

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 10 '18 at 14:09

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Try this if you want a multi-line EditText without displaying the underlines (auto correct):

    myEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | 
       InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

Here's XML for that: android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textMultiLine".

edited Aug 10 '18 at 14:09

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answered Feb 11 '18 at 20:52

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