Android Studio:EditText editable is deprecated How to use inputType

Question

I want to realize

android:editable="false"

But it told me editable is deprecated ,you can use inputType instead.

So I don't know how to realize it by using inputType.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9470171/edittext-not-editable — Ganesh Kanna, Jan 24 '17 at 13:41
Possible duplicate of [EditText not editable](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9470171/edittext-not-editable) — jodm, Jan 24 '17 at 14:00
FYI: I found on my app that when `inputType="none"`, it still showed a cursor on the field. I had to set `editable="false"` to make it go away, anyway. — A. L. Flanagan, Jan 19 '18 at 20:36

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 14 '19 at 16:15

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Use

android:clickable="false"

. but In case you want to use onclick listener for it. don't use

android:clickable="false"

.. Use

android:cursorVisible="false" android:focusable="false" .

answered Jan 14 '19 at 16:15

SilenceCodder

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score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 11 '20 at 00:47

The Code

In XML

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/myEditText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Hint"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:cursorVisible="false"
    />

The Result

Java Code

You can achieve the same result at runtime with this code

EditText et = findViewById(R.id.myEditText);
et.setFocusable(false);
et.setClickable(false);
et.setCursorVisible(false);

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '17 at 05:41

If you are using any input type that is not kind of text or number like date or date and time you can use android:inputType="date" or android:inputType="datetime" or android:inputType="time". If you are not using any such kind of input type you can use android:inputType="none".

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 10:36

3

All the answers above suggesting XML markup changes doesnt seem to work. However I managed to achieve a similar result through code.

Simply use:

editText.setKeyListener(null);

answered Sep 06 '17 at 10:36

Saminda Peramuna

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 11 '21 at 12:10

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Use this if you wanted to use click of edittext and disable input

android:clickable="false" 
android:cursorVisible="false" 
android:focusable="false" 
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

answered Mar 11 '21 at 12:10

Kishan Solanki

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 25 '20 at 11:55

You can control behavior of EditText from TextWatcher

@Override
public void onTextChanged(String text) {
     setEditTextCurrentValue((isEditTextEditable())?text:getEditTextCurrentValue());
}

So user can enter to the control, can copy its content. But he can't change it if you forbid.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 23 '20 at 17:38

0

Use

android:inputType="none"

instead of

android:editable="false"

answered Sep 23 '20 at 17:38

Divy Soni

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this does nothing, still able to enter text – BabyishTank Oct 08 '21 at 03:55

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 23 '22 at 10:57

well input type doesn't work the way you expect it to work when you use inputType=none

but you could use this to make your editText not editable which is what I think you want to achieve

<EditText
            android:cursorVisible="false"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
            android:maxLength="10"/>

and if you want to make the EditText editable again you could do that with code

//enable view's focus event on touch mode
edittext.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

//enable cursor is visible
edittext.setCursorVisible(true);

// You have to focus on the edit text to avoid having to click it twice
//request focus 
edittext.requestFocus();

//show keypad is used to allow the user input text on the first click
InputMethodManager openKeyboard = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 

openKeyboard.showSoftInput(edittext, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Note I'm using android:focusableInTouchMode="false" and not

android:focusable="false"

because when I use

edittext.setFocusable(true);

I still have to add

edittext.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

Like this

edittext.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
edittext.setFocusable(true);

for the edittext focus to be enabled again

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 14 '23 at 09:16

0

Can be set it in code like this:

myEditText.inputType = InputType.TYPE_NULL

answered Jun 14 '23 at 09:16

nGL

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Android Studio:EditText editable is deprecated How to use inputType

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