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Adam Styrc
Adam Styrc

Reputation: 1537

Set EditText width for exact chars length

I want my EditText for input exactly x (x=13) signs (digits) and I want it to have that width prepared from scratch. I don't want it to extend while typing or be overextended. It has to be fixed. I read another stackoverflow issue

and used solution with setting ems=13 but then EditText is still wider (like 2x) than for 13 digits. How to solve my problem ?

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/barcode_manual_edit"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:ems="13"
        android:maxLength="13"
        />

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1931

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007554

In addition to playing with things like android:ems, you will need to set the android:typeface to be monospace. Otherwise, characters themselves are varying widths, and you cannot achieve "exactly x (x=13) signs (digits)".

Upvotes: 1

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