How to get all text selected on each click in my app

Question

I am newbie to Android Development. I have created a helloandroidappwithlogin its completely working fine but just one thing where I am stuck is how to get the text selected

I have set the Username slot as Username So if a user tap/click on it, it should the username and start writing his username

to make things easy to understand i am attaching a screenshot

this is what I want to achieve

Possible duplicate of [Select all text inside EditText when it gets focus](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4669464/select-all-text-inside-edittext-when-it-gets-focus) — Ali Momen Sani, Jun 23 '17 at 11:48
EditText et=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit); int startSelection=et.getSelectionStart(); int endSelection=et.getSelectionEnd(); String selectedText = et.getText().toString().substring(startSelection, endSelection); try this — Gowthaman M, Jun 23 '17 at 11:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 23 '17 at 11:55

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You can try like this

android:selectAllOnFocus="true"

edited Jun 23 '17 at 11:55

Piyush

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answered Jun 23 '17 at 11:51

Sunil P

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '17 at 11:58

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You could try a OnClickListener() This is from this question.

editText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length() - 1, 0);
    }
}

answered Jun 23 '17 at 11:58

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How to get all text selected on each click in my app

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