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NiceToMytyuk
NiceToMytyuk

Reputation: 4327

EditText not showing cursor

I'm trying to display the cursor in an EditText by adding 

 android:cursorVisible="true"

in the xml. The issue is that the app version written for a full touch device that use softKeyboard display the cursor but i've developed the app also for devices with physical keyboard and when i'm hidding the softkeyboard the cursor is not even visible.

So the question is how can i make the cursor visible?

For example here is my xml file of an custom Alert and even here the cursor is not showed.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:background="#ffffff"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="2dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:text="Site:"
        tools:ignore="HardcodedText" />

    <EditText
        android:cursorVisible="true"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:id="@+id/site"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:background="#2323"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView"
        android:ems="10"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        android:textColor="#232323"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"
        android:inputType="textUri"
        tools:ignore="LabelFor" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textUser"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignStart="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_below="@+id/site"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:text="User:"
        tools:ignore="HardcodedText" />

    <EditText
        android:cursorVisible="true"
        android:id="@+id/editUser"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textUser"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:background="#2323"
        android:ems="10"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"
        android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
        android:textColor="#232323"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        tools:ignore="LabelFor" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/pswFtp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignStart="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editUser"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:text="Password:"
        tools:ignore="HardcodedText" />

    <EditText
        android:cursorVisible="true"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:id="@+id/editPswFtp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:background="#2323"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/pswFtp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        android:textColor="#232323"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"
        android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"
        tools:ignore="LabelFor" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/save"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editPswFtp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#232323"
        android:text="SALVA"
        tools:ignore="HardcodedText" />
</RelativeLayout>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3388

Answers (2)

NiceToMytyuk
NiceToMytyuk

Reputation: 4327

Solved by using 

editText.setShowSoftInputOnFocus(false);

Instead of 

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

Upvotes: 3

Beasteca
Beasteca

Reputation: 103

You could just create your custom one that would be visible.

In the res/drawable make your custom_cursor.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
    <size android:width="2dp"/>
    <solid android:color="@color/colorPrimary"/>
</shape>

and then add it to your EditText

 android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/custom_cursor"

You can select your own colors and size of the cursor.

Upvotes: 0

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