EditText changedListener is not getting called

Question

I use an EditText to filter some values in an ListView.

It works so far, but I have one problem. First my code:

final EditText mEditText = (EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.filterEditText);
mEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {}

    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) { }

    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
        String mFilter = editable.toString();
        mListViewUpdater.setFilter(mFilter);
        Log.d("Editable", editable.toString());
    }
}

The method afterTextChanged() gets called when I type something in and the filter is applied and works.

But if I delete everything in the EditText, the ListView stays at it last filtered state until I close the keyboard and then it shows all values again.

Is there a way to show all values eevn if the EditText is empty but the Keyboard is not collapsed?

Best regards!

Possible duplicate of [Android EditText delete(backspace) key event](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4886858/android-edittext-deletebackspace-key-event) — nicobatu, Jul 01 '16 at 22:00

score -1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 02 '16 at 18:30

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Put all of your code into the onTextChanged() method instead of the afterTextChanged() method.

edited Jul 02 '16 at 18:30

Daniel Nugent

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answered Jul 02 '16 at 00:07

Asif Patel

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EditText changedListener is not getting called

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