How to get cursor position in a Edittext

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I am making an Android application. In my application, I have to find the cursor position of a edittext. For example, I put the text "how are you" on edittext. If I click next to character 'a' then, I have to find the cursor now in front of 'a'.

How can I find out the cursor position and the character where cursor is placed?

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 21 '12 at 05:37

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Use getSelectionStart() method to get current position of cursor in an Edittext

edited Mar 21 '12 at 05:37

Lucifer

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answered Mar 21 '12 at 05:31

Yugandhar Babu

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How to get cursor position in a Edittext

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