How to set editable true/false EditText in Android programmatically?

Question

We can set editable property of EditText in XML layout but not programatically, but there is no setEditable() method!

If EditText is not Enabled [ by setEnabled(false)] it still Editable!

EditText.setEnabled(false); if you set this, the edittext disable.100% — RobinHood, Jul 02 '11 at 06:37
Yes it may be disable but we cant copy value of that edittext using this. — Niranj Patel, Jul 02 '11 at 07:02
The most reliable way to achieve that result is using `UI.setReadOnly(myEditText, true)` from [this library](https://github.com/delight-im/Android-BaseLib). There are a few properties that have to be set, which you can check out [in the source code](https://github.com/delight-im/Android-BaseLib/blob/62299c79d100e38627600907e755d563de072234/Source/src/im/delight/android/baselib/UI.java#L264). — caw, Mar 09 '15 at 15:38
Possible duplicate of [How to replicate android:editable="false" in code?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/660151/how-to-replicate-androideditable-false-in-code) — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Feb 05 '16 at 22:43

score 52 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 05 '16 at 22:43

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This may help:

if (cbProhibitEditPW.isChecked()) { // disable editing password
       editTextPassword.setFocusable(false);
       editTextPassword.setFocusableInTouchMode(false); // user touches widget on phone with touch screen
       editTextPassword.setClickable(false); // user navigates with wheel and selects widget
       isProhibitEditPassword= true;
} else { // enable editing of password
       editTextPassword.setFocusable(true);
       editTextPassword.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
       editTextPassword.setClickable(true);
       isProhibitEditPassword= false;
}

edited Feb 05 '16 at 22:43

Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com

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answered Jul 02 '11 at 06:45

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The edit text will still receive key events after disable above, combine the answer with Sumit Sonome answer below to fully make it non-editable. – Thecarisma Feb 22 '20 at 14:32

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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I did it in a easier way , setEditable and setFocusable false. but you should check this.

How to replicate android:editable="false" in code?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Jul 02 '11 at 06:35

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score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 21 '15 at 15:55

Fetch the KeyListener value of EditText by editText.getKeyListener() and store in the KeyListener type variable, which will contain the Editable property value:

KeyListener variable;
variable = editText.getKeyListener();

Set the Editable property of EditText to false as:

 edittext.setKeyListener(null);

Now set Editable property of EditText to true as:

editText.setKeyListener(variable);

Note: In XML the default Editable property of EditText should be true.

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered May 23 '16 at 13:18

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How to do it programatically :

To enable EditText use:

et.setEnabled(true);

To disable EditText use:

et.setEnabled(false);

answered May 23 '16 at 13:18

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score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 06 '14 at 14:43

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hope this one helps you out:

edittext1.setKeyListener(null);
edittext1.setCursorVisible(false);
edittext1.setPressed(false);
edittext1.setFocusable(false);

answered Jan 06 '14 at 14:43

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This is my preferred solution, plus `setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL)` as some other solutions also disable scrolling as well as editing – David O'Meara Jun 03 '21 at 04:22

score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 26 '15 at 08:36

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editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

edited Nov 26 '15 at 08:36

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answered Nov 26 '15 at 07:56

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Please provide additional details as to why this will solve the issue. – Wand Maker Nov 26 '15 at 08:28

score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 31 '15 at 10:33

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Once focus of edit text is removed, it would not allow you to type even if you set it to focusable again.

Here is a way around it

if (someCondition)
   editTextField.setFocusable(false);
else
   editTextField.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

Setting it true in setFocusableInTouchMode() seems to do the trick.

answered Dec 31 '15 at 10:33

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setFocusableInTouchMode save my day! Thank you – ulaserdegor Oct 24 '19 at 05:33

score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 06:31

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try this,

EditText editText=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);

editText.setKeyListener(null);

It works fine...

answered Nov 15 '13 at 06:31

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Niranj Patel · Answer 9 · 2017-09-11T09:32:19.270

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Try this it is working fine for me..

EditText.setInputType(0);
EditText.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter()
{
@Override
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start,
                            int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) 
{
return source.length() < 1 ? dest.subSequence(dstart, dend) : "";

}
}
});

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answered Jul 02 '11 at 06:48

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 04 '15 at 08:02

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editText.setFocusable(false);
editText.setClickable(false);

answered Jul 04 '15 at 08:02

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 26 '17 at 12:45

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Since setEditable(false) is deprecated, use textView.setKeyListener(null); to make editText non-clickable.

answered Jul 26 '17 at 12:45

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Levi Valent Christian · Answer 12 · 2021-01-27T15:52:10.113

Since the setEditable(false) is deprecated and we can't use it programmatically, we can use another way to solve it with setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL)

It means we change the input type of edit text. We set it to NULL so it becomes not editable.

Here's the sample that might be useful (I code this on my onCreateView method Fragment):

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.yourfragment, container, false);
    EditText sample = view.findViewById(R.id.youredittext);
    sample.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

Hope this will answer the problem

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 16 '17 at 09:00

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An easy and safe method:

editText.clearFocus();
editText.setFocusable(false);

answered Sep 16 '17 at 09:00

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