How to set Edittext to multiline?

Question

I tried setting my EditText to multiline once and it worked. But when I changed some stuff on the EditText to make it look a bit cool, it doesn't type in multiline anymore.

<EditText
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"
        android:text="  "
        android:id="@+id/reqdesc"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="110dp"
        android:hint="   Enter your request here"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:maxLength="80"
        android:background="@layout/rounded_border_edittext"
        android:lines="8"
        android:minLines="2"
        android:gravity="top|left"
        android:maxLines="4"
        android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
        android:layout_below="@+id/post"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

Probably this: `android:layout_height="110dp"`. Make it `wrap_content` — R. Zagórski, Mar 06 '17 at 17:24
try removing the maxLength attribute. I think it's making the edit text not to go to the next line. — Bharat, Mar 06 '17 at 18:42

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 11 '17 at 10:46

reqdesc = (EditText) myView.findViewById(R.id.reqdesc);
reqdesc.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT |
             InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE |
            InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);
InputFilter[] fArray = new InputFilter[1];
    fArray[0] = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(maxLength);
    reqdesc.setFilters(fArray);

It now works, I put these lines of codes under onCreate.

rafsanahmad007 · Answer 2 · 2017-03-06T19:29:33.240

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try this:

Find your Edittext

etReqdesc = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.reqdesc);

Now programetically call: inside onCreate()

etReqdesc.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);
etReqdesc.setSingleLine(false);
etReqdesc.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION);

your edittext should look like:

<EditText
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine"
    android:text="  "
    android:id="@+id/reqdesc"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="110dp"
    android:hint="   Enter your request here"
    android:textSize="18sp"
    android:background="@layout/rounded_border_edittext"
    android:gravity="top|left"
    android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
    android:layout_below="@+id/post"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

Remove android:maxLength="80" attribute.

edited Mar 06 '17 at 19:29

answered Mar 06 '17 at 19:06

rafsanahmad007

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how to programatically set the maximum length? – LMae Mar 06 '17 at 19:37
see this [answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2461824/how-to-programmatically-set-maxlength-in-android-textview) – rafsanahmad007 Mar 06 '17 at 19:39
I cleaned the project but it still doesn't go to the next line – LMae Mar 07 '17 at 10:13

How to set Edittext to multiline?

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