Programmatically disable auto-suggestions on Gboard

Question

I'm trying to programmatically disable suggestions with setInputType() using InputType TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS.

While this works for most keyboards, this doesn't work when using the "Gboard" keyboard; even with this input type, suggestions always appear. The problem is that the user can choose if he wants to have suggestions on input fields, regardless of the input type specified by the EditText.

How can the suggestions be suppressed for all keyboards, including Gboard?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 15:50

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I found a solution :

view.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

However you can see a little Font difference between an Input with suggestions and without.

answered Aug 03 '17 at 15:50

SuisJeux

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Another problem with this approach is that a number bar appears above the characters. – Paul Lammertsma Aug 08 '17 at 17:10
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Removing the `InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT` resolved the Font problem for me – kamiha Feb 23 '18 at 18:19
Unfortunately, TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD means the user cannot switch to non-qwerty keyboards – Mark Sep 26 '19 at 10:40

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '17 at 14:01

<EditText
                android:id="@+id/inputISD_Code"
                android:layout_width="0dip"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/dimen20"
                android:layout_weight="20"
                android:background="@null"
                android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"
                android:hint="@string/code"
                android:inputType="text|textNoSuggestions"
                android:maxLength="10"
                android:textColor="@color/black"
                android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
                android:textSize="18dp" />

This does not offer a solution to the question. Indeed, the `inputType` provided here is mentioned in it. — Paul Lammertsma, Aug 09 '17 at 13:38

Programmatically disable auto-suggestions on Gboard

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