Android-Prevent the user from entering more than 4 numbers in editbox

Question

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Android How do you set the max number of characters for an EditText

How can I prevent the user from entering more than 4 numbers in edittext ? thanks

Answer 1

This is fairly easy task that can be learned from documentation, but nevertheless.

The answer to your question consists of two parts:

1. How to allow user to input digits only
2. How to restrict field length to maximum of 4 chars.

The first part can be achieved using android:inputType="number". The other one can be achieved by using android:maxLength field. So the final result would be:

<EditText  ...
    android:inputType="number"
    android:maxLength="4"
    android:lines="1"/>

Answer 2

Set the maxLength property of the EditText equal to 4.