Android edittext - enter in "text selection mode"

Question

I have an EditText and I want programatically enter in "text selection mode" indicated by CursorControllers (handles), for example when user long press on EditText.

Any examples or suggestions will highly appreciated.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '12 at 04:30

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Try

    editText.onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.startSelectingText);

for pre-Honeycomb versions and

    editText.onTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(/* FakeLongClick */));

for Honeycomb and newer.

I'm not familiar with motion events, but i think this should work if you are able to simulate a long click event...

answered May 27 '12 at 04:30

codebold

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Here's a helpful Q&A about creating MotionEvents: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5867059/android-how-to-create-a-motionevent – Evan Jan 30 '18 at 16:10

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:35

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you can paste some text to EditText by...

     <EditText
    android:id="@+id/et_link"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Link" />

"Link" will apeear in EditText window

answered Feb 13 '12 at 10:35

timonvlad

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this is not an answer for my question. – Corje Feb 13 '12 at 10:43

Android edittext - enter in "text selection mode"

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