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Sigi
Sigi

Reputation: 260

android:nextFocusForward is ignored in layout

I have an android xml layout and i want to specify the focus order of the fields, when user presses next on the keyboard.

Documentation says, that android:nextFocusForward=TARGET_ID should do that trick. But it is ignored on all our testing devices. Some old devices running 2.3 and new Nexus devices running 4.1.

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <EditText
            android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
            android:id="@+id/firstname"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="6dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:background="#00000000"
            android:textColor="#000"
            android:nextFocusForward="@+id/lastname"
            android:padding="2dp"/>

        <EditText
            android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
            android:id="@+id/lastname"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="6dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#00000000"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:textColor="#000"
            android:padding="2dp"/>
    </LinearLayout>

What am i doing wrong here??? Just can't figure it out. Thanks a lot!

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5208

Answers (5)

Eddie
Eddie

Reputation: 77

I had an issue where I had text fields in a grid with two columns and several rows defined and arranged using the ConstraintLayout and Flow.

android:nextFocusDown="@id/..."

Worked for me in all text fields regardless of the next view being on the right.

Upvotes: 0

guenter47
guenter47

Reputation: 604

It's been a long time, but I just had the problem and found the solution. nextFocusForward works when AutoCompleteTextView is overwritten with imeOptions. I have this code in my EditText fields and it works:

android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:nextFocusForward="@+id/et_xyz"

Upvotes: 1

Slion
Slion

Reputation: 3048

I had a similar issue within toolbar/actionbar with JetPack. I seems toolbar widget totally ignores the nextFocus properties. I solved it by not using those legacy widgets and using a custom toolbar base on standard widgets.

Upvotes: 0

Lahiru Chandima
Lahiru Chandima

Reputation: 24068

I tried setting nextFocusDown, nextFocusForward, nextFocusRight, but none of them worked. I got it working by listening for editor action and programmatically setting the focus to the next EditText.

    mFirstName.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            mLastName.requestFocus();
            return true;
        }
    });

Upvotes: 1

Sofi Software LLC
Sofi Software LLC

Reputation: 3939

Try nextFocusDown as well. I don't fully understand the rules, but it seems that the behavior depends on the layout of the EditTexts, and where the cursor position is relative to the next field.

Upvotes: 11

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