Does Android EditText has input type with clear button?

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It should work like html 5 search input type.

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possible duplicate of [How to create EditText with cross(x) button at end of it?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6355096/how-to-create-edittext-with-crossx-button-at-end-of-it) — yanchenko, Jun 25 '13 at 23:12

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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There is no internal input-type, but you can customize it to work so. This link might help you: Stack-Overflow: EditText with clear button

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Nov 16 '11 at 04:48

SamSPICA

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Sad, I hope android will handle it for me – Alexey Zakharov Nov 17 '11 at 12:02
don't be sad, use app:endIconMode="clear_text" in TextInputLayout. – Mahdi Moqadasi Jan 21 '21 at 11:21
@MahdiMoqadasi Does android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout has this function, if not pls specify which TextInputLayout to use?? – KJEjava48 Apr 30 '21 at 07:17
see @sergio-sánchez-sánchez answer below. https://stackoverflow.com/a/64786871/5853262 – Mahdi Moqadasi May 01 '21 at 07:42

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '20 at 12:56

You can use the following, it works quite well

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/textInputLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:endIconMode="clear_text"
    tools:hint="Label">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/textInputEditText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        tools:text="Value" />

</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

But this approach would not be valid for a MaterialAutoCompleteTextView

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 19 '20 at 13:23

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If you're using TextInputLayout that you can use endIconMode and endIconDrawable

answered Mar 19 '20 at 13:23

Ivan Krasilnikov

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Does android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout has this function, if not pls specify which TextInputLayout to use?? – KJEjava48 Apr 30 '21 at 07:17
@KJEjava48 use `com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout`. And icon you can set from `.xml`. Like, `app:endIconDrawable="@drawable/xxx`. – Ivan Krasilnikov Apr 30 '21 at 14:51
I have a datepicker edittext field where android:focusable="false" , how can i use this for such fields???pls help – KJEjava48 May 01 '21 at 07:33

Does Android EditText has input type with clear button?

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