EditText field never gets submitted

Question

I got a RecyclerView with multiple EditText-fields. When I try to edit one of the EditText-fields and click enter on the virtual keyboard, the focus shifts down to the next EditText-field, something I don't want to happen. I want to submit the changes I made in the first EditText-field and then close the keyboard. I managed to turn off this focus-shifting by adding the following to my .xml file:

  android:focusable="true"
  android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

But the problem still persists, now the changes just never get submitted as my listener never gets called. If I remove all items except from one in my RecyclerView everything works like I want. How can I make that happen with more items in myRecyclerView too?

My bind function inside my UserCardItem.kt file;

 override fun bind(viewHolder: ViewHolder, position: Int) {
...
  viewHolder.itemView.creditcard_nickname.setOnEditorActionListener{ _, actionId, _ ->
            if(actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE){
                saveNickname(viewHolder)
                true
            } else {
                false
            }
        }

    private fun saveNickname(viewHolder : ViewHolder){
        val nickname = viewHolder.itemView.creditcard_nickname.text.toString()
        userCreditcard.nickname = nickname
        UserCardStore().updateNickname(userCreditcard)
    }

Can you please add the code of your listener and the code related to your submit functionality? — Muddassir Ahmed, Sep 02 '20 at 01:54
@MuddassirAhmed I have added the code related now. Thank you for showing interest — sveggen, Sep 02 '20 at 09:46
Can you try adding this to your EditText? `android:imeOptions="actionDone"` — Muddassir Ahmed, Sep 02 '20 at 10:46
@Done. Do you know why the keyboard isn't hidden on `actionDone`? — sveggen, Sep 02 '20 at 12:30
Not sure. You can do that through some code though. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41790357/close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard-with-kotlin — Muddassir Ahmed, Sep 02 '20 at 12:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '20 at 12:16

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Add android:imeOptions="actionDone" to your EditText in your layout XML.

answered Sep 02 '20 at 12:16

Muddassir Ahmed

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EditText field never gets submitted

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