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Reputation: 658

Android: In Place Editing Text in TextView on ButtonClick

I have a TextView

TextView name = (TextView) layout.findViewById(R.id.textviewid);
name.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
  @Override
  public void onClick(View v) {
     //stuff
  }
});

Now, when clicking this TextView, it should "transform" to sort of an EditText, in which I can input my new text and complete the procedure by hitting Enter.

I have seen Options, in which another EditText provides the new text, or in which a static text is added.

In my case, however, I don't want any other popup or new View to appear.

I just want to set the new text in place, like an EditText, without the constant TextBox of an EditText.

Is this possible and if so, how?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1375

Answers (2)

PrivatMamtora
PrivatMamtora

Reputation: 2152

If you want to remove the textbox of the editable then you simply use this attribute to style the editbox

android:background="@android:color/transparent"

If you want to edit a textview you can use the following attribute

android:editable="true"

In actual code a TextView and an EditText is actually the same. An Edit text is simply a textView with things added on.

Upvotes: 1

Javier Enríquez
Javier Enríquez

Reputation: 630

You could just extend de EditText class overriding the getView method to display as a TextView. This way you'd have an EditText and user would think it is in fact a TextView. However, I wouldn't recommend to do this because the view would be misleading and users wouldn't know the TextView is editable.

Upvotes: 0

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