How to allow space on android:digits

Question

I am restricting on Android Edittext as below

android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" but can't enter spaces. How can I make it allow spaces? Is this possible to get only via .xml?.

"but can't able to enter space." - How do you mean, exactly? Are you getting an error when you add a space there, or is it just not working? — Mike M., Aug 06 '16 at 11:40
Have you tried adding a space into that string? Look at the accepted answer here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23212439/how-to-restrict-the-edittext-to-accept-only-alphanumeric-characters — OneCricketeer, Aug 06 '16 at 12:24
just add the space between any character of your digit like this android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Z" — A.R., Aug 06 '16 at 12:25

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '16 at 07:46

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Try this, hope it helps,

android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ "

answered Aug 07 '16 at 07:46

Harshal Benake

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Sorry, but didn't worked on my case.EditText still restricts the `space`.I was trying on a PIXEL emulator in studio itself. – iCantC Mar 16 '19 at 07:18
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@iCantC It works on real devices. Its a very old attribute. Try on real device. Also check if u r trimming the string in code as it wont work. – Harshal Benake Mar 16 '19 at 07:46
Yes it worked perfectly , as you predicted I was actually trimming the text, so tried it by removing the trim function and it was as smooth as butter. – iCantC Mar 16 '19 at 08:19

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 05:27

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Edittext digit accept white space only if give space end of characters, have look:

android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

Happy coding!!

answered Nov 15 '17 at 05:27

Hemant Parmar

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Hitesh sapra · Answer 3 · 2018-12-24T11:49:55.000

<string name="digits_text">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789@$%^*()_+-{},./\|&amp; </string>

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/textinputlayout_support_text"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textview_or">
    <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/textinputedittext_help_text"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="top"
        android:digits="@string/digits_text"
        android:hint="@string/description"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"
        android:lines="6"
        android:maxLines="10" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Digits allowed space in EditText Android.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 23 '17 at 09:26

Include space(" ") in end of Digits String

"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ "

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
                        style="@style/Text_input_EditText"
                        android:hint="Enter S/o , D/o , W/o *"
                        android:inputType="textCapCharacters"
                        android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ "
                        android:maxLength="100"
                        android:id="@+id/do_ad_so_do_wo"
                        />

How to allow space on android:digits

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