EditText non editable

Question

I'm trying to make an EditText non editable with this code:

<EditText android:id="@+id/outputResult"
          android:inputType="text"
          android:editable="false"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="@string/result" />

I had to add following line to make it non-editable

android:focusable="false"

Am I doing something wrong?

know why does not work only with android:editable="false". Thanks. — Jjreina, Feb 27 '12 at 18:32
@Jjreina: My guess is that it's because you're specifying an `inputType` and that may be overriding the `android:editable="false"` setting. I may be wrong though. — Squonk, Feb 27 '12 at 18:46
MisterSquonk i remove inputType and work fine but show warnig This text field does not specify an inputType or a hint Thanks you very much. Now I had add android:inputType="none" and all ok, Thanks all — Jjreina, Feb 27 '12 at 18:53

score 200 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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android:editable="false" should work, but it is deprecated, you should be using android:inputType="none" instead.

Alternatively, if you want to do it in the code you could do this :

EditText mEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourid);
mEdit.setEnabled(false);

This is also a viable alternative :

EditText mEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourid);
mEdit.setKeyListener(null);

If you're going to make your EditText non-editable, may I suggest using the TextView widget instead of the EditText, since using a EditText seems kind of pointless in that case.

EDIT: Altered some information since I've found that android:editable is deprecated, and you should use android:inputType="none", but there is a bug about it on android code; So please check this.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Feb 27 '12 at 18:40

Jean-Philippe Roy

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Thanks with alternative work tine but android:editable="false" no – Jjreina Feb 27 '12 at 18:43
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Use of textview is better in this case – Haresh Chaudhary Feb 27 '13 at 06:26
The below answer of setting `android:enabled="false"` works better if you also want the input to be greyed out. – Ajay Sep 02 '18 at 04:03
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`android:inputType="none"` still allows you to type text – user924 Mar 04 '21 at 12:50
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Agree with @user924 . `android:inputType="none"` still allows user to type text with another solution. (e.g, hardware keyboard) – Akexorcist Jan 24 '22 at 09:13

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '18 at 10:10

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I guess I am late but use following together to make it work:

 android:inputType="none"
 android:enabled="false"

answered Mar 14 '18 at 10:10

AkshayT

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This should be the accepted answer. Using `android:inputType="none"` won't be what you are expecting unless you add `android:enabled="false"` – Hissaan Ali Nov 02 '19 at 08:50
This. Setting just either inputType="none" or enabled="false" doesn't seem to do anything.. must be both! – Bruce Feb 27 '22 at 04:17

vovahost · Answer 3 · 2017-08-30T16:36:38.763

In case you want to make an EditText not editable from code:

void disableInput(EditText editText){
    editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
    editText.setTextIsSelectable(false);
    editText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v,int keyCode,KeyEvent event) {
                return true;  // Blocks input from hardware keyboards.
        }
    });
}

In case you want to remove the horizontal line of your EditText, just add:

editText.setBackground(null);

If you want to let users copy the content of the EditText then use:

editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered May 19 '17 at 12:13

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 <EditText
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/editTexteventdate"
            android:background="@null"
            android:hint="Date of Event"
            android:textSize="18dp"
            android:textColor="#fff"
            android:editable="false"
            android:focusable="false"
            android:clickable="false"

            />

Add this

android:editable="false"

android:focusable="false"

android:clickable="false"

its work for me

answered May 19 '17 at 12:13

Dharmendra Mishra

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Since editable is deprecated use this instead: ` android:inputType="none"`(along with the other ones you have). – BlueBoy Sep 05 '17 at 02:01
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Not because it works for you it should work for us as well. You posted this on May 19th of this year so you must be aware you provided a deprecated answer? C'mon... – Neon Warge Nov 01 '17 at 01:41
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User is still able to use `paste` option to change text of the `EditText`. – Muhammad Saqib Oct 23 '19 at 14:34

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 23 '22 at 11:03

well android:editable="false" is deprecated and doesn't work anymore and android:inputType="none" would not give you the results you want

you could use

<EditText
            android:cursorVisible="false"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
            android:maxLength="10"/>

and if you want to make the EditText editable again you could do that with code

//enable view's focus event on touch mode
edittext.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

//enable cursor is visible
edittext.setCursorVisible(true);

// You have to focus on the edit text to avoid having to click it twice
//request focus 
edittext.requestFocus();

//show keypad is used to allow the user input text on the first click
InputMethodManager openKeyboard = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); 

openKeyboard.showSoftInput(edittext, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);

Note I'm using android:focusableInTouchMode="false" and not

android:focusable="false"

because when I use

edittext.setFocusable(true);

I still have to add

edittext.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

Like this

edittext.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
edittext.setFocusable(true);

for the edittext focus to be enabled again

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 23 '18 at 12:27

If you really want to use an editText and not a textView, then consider using these three:

android:focusable="false"

android:clickable="false"

android:longClickable="false"

EDIT: The "longClickable" attribute disables the long press actions that cause the "Paste" and or "Select All" options to show up as a tooltip.

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 22 '18 at 12:42

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Add below line in youe xml edittext.

android:editable="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:clickable="false"

Its working for me

edited Mar 22 '18 at 12:42

Mohammad Usman

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answered Mar 22 '18 at 12:20

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score 3 · Answer 8 · edited Dec 10 '21 at 15:03

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Use This:

EditText edtText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEditTextId);
edtText.setEnabled(false);

and you can use android:enabled property in your xml file as well.

edited Dec 10 '21 at 15:03

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answered Aug 29 '18 at 07:40

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 30 '19 at 08:13

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android:enabled = false

Include that line in your layout xml file.

answered Oct 30 '19 at 08:13

Suneet Srivastava

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score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Nov 06 '19 at 16:46

If you want your disabled EditText to look the same as your enabled one, you should use android:enabled="false" in combination with android:textColor="...".

Here is an example:

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

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        ...
        android:text="..."
        android:enabled="false"
        android:textColor="@color/dark_grey"/>

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

score 2 · Answer 11 · edited Sep 05 '20 at 12:59

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If you want your edit text clickable but not editable, You can try this:

android:cursorVisible="false"
android:inputType="none"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="false"

edited Sep 05 '20 at 12:59

iknow

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answered Sep 05 '20 at 06:40

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Used this if you have an icon to be clickable, this works for me. – Cyrille Con Morales Jul 27 '22 at 12:49

score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Mar 25 '18 at 17:15

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I had this problem, too.

I did this:

<EditText
    android:layout_width="30dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/yourid"
    android:editable="false"
    android:inputType="none" />

edited Mar 25 '18 at 17:15

Spoody

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answered Mar 25 '18 at 13:28

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 12 '20 at 16:53

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android:inputType="none"
android:enabled="false"
android:clickable="false"

The clickable attribute is optional! You can still set text to the edit text programmatically!

answered Mar 12 '20 at 16:53

Prabhu

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 09 '21 at 06:38

You may need to achieve an edit text behavior in Andorid TV were you need to make a non editable edit text but clickable, the below method helps you to achieve that -

/**
 * Disable edit text input skill
 */
    fun EditText.disableInput() {
        showSoftInputOnFocus = false
        keyListener = null // Make non editable
        // Hide keyboard when disabled edittext gets focus
        setOnFocusChangeListener { _, hasFocus ->
            if (hasFocus) hideKeyboard()
        }
    }

fun View.hideKeyboard() {
    val inputMethodManager = context.getSystemService(INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
    inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(windowToken, 0)
}

You can get the click event using the conventional onClick listener thereafter

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 19 '19 at 12:59

My requirement was to have an edittext look and feel and to open a pop up window on its click, but making enabled as false will not allow click listener on it. So I did it in this way.

 <EditText
        android:id="@+id/tvCustomerAge"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:minWidth="80dp"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/arrow_down"
        android:inputType="none"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:clickable="true"
        tools:text="24"/>

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Dec 27 '19 at 12:03

I was unable to get rid of SoftKeyboard for the used EditText in the Tablet version and the following code snippet did the job very well.

eText.setEnabled(false);
eText.setFocusable(false);
eText.setActivated(false);
eText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 06:43

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Set this attribute in your edittext.

<EditText
         android:editable="false"
     />

answered Feb 06 '20 at 06:43

Marium Jawed

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 10:13

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If not necessary, try removing the inputType attribute. android:editable="false" works fine.

answered Jun 05 '20 at 10:13

Twinkle

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