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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 2128

EditText setError message does not clear after input

Ok so I only have a EditText field and a button, which when pressed triggers an AsyncTask.

EditText playerName = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.playerEditText);

if(playerName.getText().toString().length() == 0 )
    playerName.setError("Player name is required!");
else {
    // do async task
}

The problem is that the error message seems to stay up even after when I input valid text to search. Is there a way to remove the error as soon as the EditText is not empty?

Upvotes: 77

Views: 69245

Answers (7)

natchapols65
natchapols65

Reputation: 11

This code worked for me.

textInputSetting(binding.emailEdt)

fun textInputSetting(view: TextInputLayout) {
    view.apply {
        this.editText!!.addTextChangedListener {
            if (this.editText!!.text.isNotEmpty()) {
                this.error = null
                this.isErrorEnabled = false
            }
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

SureshCS50
SureshCS50

Reputation: 3768

Add a TextWatcher to your EditText and onError, show your error message using et.setError(errorMessage) else you can remove the error message and error icon like below.

// to remove the error message in your EditText
et.setError(null);

// to remove the error icon from EditText.
et.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, null, null);

Upvotes: 1

Rissmon Suresh
Rissmon Suresh

Reputation: 14053

Below code worked for me

@OnTextChanged(
            value = R.id.editTextName,
            callback = OnTextChanged.Callback.TEXT_CHANGED)
    public void afterInput(CharSequence sequence) {
        editTextName.setError(null);
        editTextName.setErrorEnabled(false);
    }

'

editTextName.setError(null) Will clear the error message.

editTextName.setErrorEnabled(false) Will remove additional padding.

Upvotes: 3

ayush bagaria
ayush bagaria

Reputation: 209

If you want to hide the error message one way is you apply onclicklistener on the edit box and then 

editTextName.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            editTextName.setError(Null)
        }
    });

Upvotes: 3

Jan Ziesse
Jan Ziesse

Reputation: 469

Try this listener:

      playerName.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher()
                {
                    public void afterTextChanged(Editable edt){
                        if( playerName.getText().length()>0)
                        {
                             playerName.setError(null);
                        }
                    }

Upvotes: 12

gints
gints

Reputation: 899

API documentation: "The icon and error message will be reset to null when any key events cause changes to the TextView's text." Though it is not so - and therefore we can regard this as bug.

If you use inputType such as textNoSuggestions, textEmailAddress, textPassword, the error is unset after a character is typed. Nearly as documented but again not exactly - when you delete a character, error stays. It seems, a simple workaround with addTextChangedListener and setError(null) can attain promised behavior.

Besides there are posts about icon losing on Android 4.2. So use with care.

Upvotes: 55

Alex Curran
Alex Curran

Reputation: 8828

In your else bracket, put playerName.setError(null), which will clear the error.

Upvotes: 148

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